Best: girls night and sleepover with the lovely LB and her sisters!
Worst: it's been cold this week in Bogotá. That's the worst I can think of. :)
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On Thursday and Friday, I was working at the Foundation again. I love those days! I spent the mornings translating a kind of informational summary document for all that the Foundation manages and achieves and dreams. Golly, would I love to graduate college and head right back down here to work with the Fundación Internacional Maranata for the rest of my life...so chevere! So cool!
Anywho...in the afternoon on Thursday, I was back up help in their session with the volunteer math tutor from a nearby university. Boys versus girls in division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction problems. Tough stuff. Then they had their homework to do, and I dictated and drew and colored with the best of them. When they weren't doing homework, I got to read aloud. I love to read aloud in Spanish. It's super fun!
Then I went back home, where I had banana chocolate chip pancakes for dinner. Mmm. Then, Marv, Judy, Daniela, and Diego and I played Aggravation. What a fun game. Surely aggravating, however. :)
Friday I went to the Foundation, and then had a scrumptious lunch with J (administrative asst at FIM), Mr. A, and H (basically the caretaker of the Hogar de Paz). In the afternoon, we did homework with the kids, and I gave some mini English lessons to a few of the mothers I've gotten close with, and then we took the niños to the park. Man, they love that park. They love the soccer field, the slide, the little kids playground equipment, and the space to really run.
I love just being with those kids and showing them real love. And shamelessly scoring goals on them in scrimmages. :)
Friday evening I went with LB up to Chía, which is outside the city of Bogotá, to sleepover at her house. We made arepas, watched some chick flicks, and genuinely enjoyed ourselves. It made me miss my sisters, however! Rats. Well...only eighteen days...uuuush. Heart feel like it's in some sort of contortionist act? Uh huh.
Today has been a lovely social day. I woke up at LB's house, had a breakfast date with her, and then rode the bus with her back into the city. We parted ways, and I headed home for some time before meeting up with Miss W, the first grade teacher. We and NG, the teacher aide in first, went to a student's house for lunch with their family. It was so fun! The people here really are the coolest.
Tonight was a quiet night in with Judy and Marv, watching movies and keeping up to date on my social networking. Tomorrow Marv and Judy will be going to Puerta Abierta church with me, so that'll be cool!
Goodnight, wherever you are. Que estés muy bien. xox
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