We’re happy to report that our sick ones are up and moving today… not quite into the hot sauce yet, Jeff said he has retreated into a “temporary diet wigwam.”
Our daily trip to the school is always a blast. One of the big hits is the LONG jump rope! We counted jumps in English and Spanish with the kids. Most of them can count to 10 in English-some of us can count as high in Spanish. As you can imagine, the conversation is just flowing here…though few of us have any idea what the other one is saying!
We are learning lots of new Spanish phrases. Jenny taught us “Que eres jugar?” (Which I probably spelled wrong)-but it means “Who wants to play?” It comes in very handy all day long!
The work crew finished the cement work (yay!) and many of us got to put our hand prints in the cement. A part of us will always be here in Ecuador!
Brad was sanding wood today and was surprised by a bunch of crickets when he moved a piece of wood (yes, he screamed)! THEN he saw the tarantula that had been moving in on them. I think Brad ruined it’s lunch when he sent the crickets flying.
The children’s activity today was t-shirt painting. Very, very messy, so you know they had a good time! They turned out really cute. We also had them make a shirt for Peter and Juanita, the house mom and dad, with their handprints on it. Then we played drop the pennies in the bottle (thank you Dana), at least until Tutti dropped the bottle instead of the pennies…then Juan Carlos tried to lighten the mood and jumped up on the chair and raised his fist in the air and yelled “Viva la Fiesta!” We all joined right in…they are so much fun!
On the ride back to the hotel, we stopped to pick up a hitch hiker. He was an older gentleman…a Jehovah Witness. He was excited to use his few English phrases on us. Jenny speaks Spanish, so he tried his best to convert her in the short ride into town. As he jumped off the truck he waved, smiled and yelled, “Bye, remember me!” I bet he didn’t think he’d make the blog!?
Jenny and Paula had a scorpion in their room this morning. They were very brave and we didn’t even hear them scream! All the newcomers said the bugs aren’t at all as bad as they had thought they would be…in fact, everyone gets pretty excited when we see an interesting creature! Just wait ‘til you see pictures of the giant beetle…he was very ‘friendly!’
Thank you for all your prayers and good wishes! We LOVE reading your comments every day!!! Don’t be shy!
Con amor, (with love)
Ann & Team Ecuador 2008
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