June 16, 2012 HELLLLLOOOOOOO SLEEP! After such a long (but fun!) night out with Sr. Daniel's family, we slept in for a bit and then went to have breakfast. It was wonderfully colorful-- a giant bowl of fruit! Then we headed off to the school for the morning because Aimee and Erin had their culture class. Meredith and I didn't have much to do, so we brought our computers along and typed typed typed away, Facebook'd a bit, and took some photos. Well, that got really boring and repetitive after about an hour, so we decided to head out for a walk! (On our way out, the gentleman at the door was very concerned about us leaving, and he kept saying, "Be very careful!") There's a market (literally) across the street from the school. So, after ... read more

June 14, 2012 Thursday morning started off just like any other day, except there was warm water and no electricity problems! :D FANTASTIC. I started off in a first grade classroom, Gedeon. This classroom was so much better than the other first grade classroom. There was more classroom management from one of the other teachers in the classroom. These students were able to get through more material and learn more vocabulary words than the other classroom I was in for this grade. However, this group was still very mobile while I was trying to teach. Though, I was very pleased with how they reacted to the material and applied what they knew. I also got to work with the fourth and fifth grade students. The fifth graders are such a joy to work with because the ... read more

June 12, 2012 We woke up this morning to (still) freezing cold water for the shower. It wakes us all up SO fast! After the morning ritual of trying to get all the girls through the shower, we headed over to Sr. Daniel's where we had breakfast. We CocoPuffs, yogurt, avocado sandwiches, and cheese sandwiches. For those of you that know anything about me, you know that I HATE dairy products. However, I sucked it up and ate the yogurt with my cereal. (The yogurt here is really weird because it doesn't have to be refigerated. I think that means more preservatives?) After breakfast we headed to the school becuase Meredith, Erin, and I all had to teach at 9:30 a.m. As we walked towards the school, there were students in the escuela secundaria leaning out ... read more

June 10, 2012 Hey, all: I'm just finishing off my second day here in Peru! :D It's been quite the experience already since I ended up forgetting my plug adapter at home on the kitchen counter. Ugh.). I arrived to Lima last night about a half hour early on my flight from El Salvador. My flights were long and uncomfortable. I completely forgot about going through immigration, so all my papers and passport were neatly packed away in the bottom of my backpack. I got up to the counter (after finding the documents) only to have the gentleman tell me that he needed my plane ticket stub. Well, that was completely lost inside my purse. After a few moments of digging, he told me just to forget about it. Jaja. Oh well. Then I began the ... read more