The Girls looking *thrilled* to be out in the sun helping lay the foundation for the building. Who knew that filling buckets with water, gravel, and sand could be so much fun!
Consulting with the boys while Alecia pours concrete into the molds. The boys on "quality Control". An afternoon of carrying and lifting heavy buckets of water, sand, and concrete make for exhausting work.
One of the three preschool classrooms at Casa Ayuda. Each classroom has 30 kids. They participated in a dance presentation with all the local preschools. It had to be tbe most entertaining thing I have seen in a long time.
The foundation......
As I write this I am dog sitting 8 dogs, not including Sadie. We exchange dog-sitting- so we always know that there will be someone to take care of Sadie if the need arises. The past few weeks have been busy. Amina and Grace came for spring break. For the duration of spring break we moved into Casa Ayuda, a different experience. I got to see the routine before we actually move in full- time. Hopefully by the time we move I will have a job and several other things to do in town. As it looks now, I have several options I need to follow up on and people to see. Once Spring break and Holy Week break is over I can meet with some of the principals. In the mean-time I can get to know the schools and prepare some questions and curriculum things. I have to ask for some references informaton as well.
Funny Instances are common. As we waited for Amina and Grace's plane in Leon, we grabbed dinner. I ate "gringas". From that point on it has been a joke that never gets old. Apparently I am a cannibal. ( FYI: Gringa's are basically a taco made with flour tortilla and cheese). This week there has been a group from Texas at Casa Ayuda helping with the constuction.
- 1. "Eating Gringas",
- 2. Yet another car incident with the Suburban (battery related....not our fault- they were using the battery to power cement mixer all morning before we left to take Brian, Alecia, and Ari to the dance presentation. And they were with us as Lauren and Alecia tried to flag down people for a jump. )
- Seeing scary movies and getting locked out of Casa Ayuda
- Amina and Grace coming for Spring break!
- Playing with puppies.....
- Spending time avoiding my "stalker" in town
- Dog-sitting for 8 dogs and fighting for space on the bed....
- Playing spoons with forks
- The Ayuda Foundation -taking the kids to the waterpark and getting majorly sunburned despite the many applications of sunblock.
- Many lectured by Reyna
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