The past three work days

On Friday, since we had the TV, the tutor Lupe did not show up and I was accordingly on my own, I resorted to showing two movies to the kids: Pocahontas and Tierra de los Osos. Since Friday the TV has been moved upstairs to the library where it is supposedly more secure. I am also informed that the DVD player is for some reason not with the TV, so we need to ask in advance to use it...

Yesterday was a big day: it was both my birthday and the first day that the new volunteer, Katie, was in Trujillo. I'll let her introduce herself soon: whenever she finds the chance to sign on and make her first post. I brought Katie to lunch at a friends house and we got to the Beneficencia at about 2:45 (late, but we had informed them ahead of time). The day was a bit hectic since we got in late and the kids were just doing puzzles until we got there. Consequently they were very energetic. Katie and I visited Casa del Niño, where she may work for a day or two each week.

Today we had a great English lesson. We went over all the vocab: (the weather) sunny, windy, raining, cloudy, cold, hot, (the classroom) desk, chair, pencil, pen, board, and book. I taught 4 new words: cat, dog, frog and hippo. Then we did choral repetitions of the 10 English letters they now know: A, E, I, O, U, T, N, R, S, and H. The kids also played at the playground/swings (columpios) for a while and at the end of the day did some coloring. I worked with Ibelice for a while teaching her to color in the lines.

I will only have 3 more days in the Beneficencia, then Katie will be taking over as the only volunteer. I will keep writing the rest of the week and then will be a contributor both recording experiencies from earlier in my stay and making comments related to the work other volunteers are doing.