Wow, it was weird typing in day 14. It absolutely does not feel I have been here that long. I feel so at home here now and I´ve acclimated to the routine so much that each day just seems to fly by.
I woke up this morning knowing that all of the prep work had to be complete and 100% ready to go by the end of the day. After a quick breakfast I got started and realized that it wasn´t going to be all that hard to accomplish. It got even easier when the people from Michigan showed up and lent us a hand. Everything was easily done by lunch, and oh what a lunch it was. Today we feasted. I don´t even know how to explain what it was, but it included me eating two hole jalapeños, a lot of some green vegetable I have never seen before today, and a lot of fideo that was delicious.
Afterwards we had the cakes that I had gotten for the girls. It was a surprise and I think they really enjoyed it. Afterwards, many of the girls started calling me their ¨padrino¨ which means ¨godfather¨ in Spanish. Its really nice to see what a nice gesture means to these girls.
Shortly thereafter the guy who does construction here, Juan, and two guys from the US who help out a lot, Jim and Rick, came by and scoped out what was needed for their trip back tomorrow. They were great guys and I really look forward to hanging out with them this weekend. Peggy is coming down with 18 people from her church and we plan to do quite a bit this weekend. I know the plans include mass and a fiesta at the Colonias, a pizza party, and some other surprises, but I´m sure more events will ensue.
After a couple hours of playing what was basically ¨keep away,¨ Ephrian, Chris, and I went out to the Colonias to check on the condition of the roads for this weekend. They were still in pretty bad shape but we found some ways to get around it. We also informed quite a bit of the people about the events for the weekend. Most of the kids wanted to make sure that I would be there to play soccer with them at some point. Speaking of the kids, I was really impressed with how much English the kids out there know. They definitely had a great time laughing at my broken Spanish and were very proud to be able to repeat much of what I said in English. Everytime I go out there my heart grows for this country. Those people have absolutely nothing, but are so happy and so full of life.
When we got back, all of the sisters were on the computer in their pajamas. I walked in and got a little freaked out , but they said to come on in and we had a lot of fun trying to get something to work for them on the computer. Apparently I helped a great deal, but I have no idea what was going on except that it was something for a class that one of them had.
Good times, always. Buenos veces, siempre.
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