El zonte!

Okay, so I´m not really in el salvador anymore, but I was this morning, and I was tired of putting the exact same location every time.
So I think all of my frusterations from last week are gone. I still get really overwhelmed sometimes, but I was typing up my proposal and I realized that I already have achieved a lot of the goals I came with- I just still have a lot left to do. I can´t believe I only have two weeks left. I am kind of at a loss of where to go after this. When will I come back again, will my art show be successful, so much to consider, but I am pretty happy with where I´m at right now.
Brooke left today. For the weekend before she left, we went to the beach in el salvador. We basically just relaxed in hammocks, drank mango milkshakes, swam in the WARM ocean water, and went surfing. It was really hard for me to just relax at first, but I ended up having a really great weekend.
The kids are making really great art, so much better than I could have ever expected. We are making art with concepts, we talk about what the problems are in jocotenango and how we can change them, what would be in your perfect world, what are your goals and dreams, and then we draw pictures about them. I am planning on talking to different kids in different age groups, but my four: brenda, cindy, wendy, and jeni, stay with me everyday, no matter what the project is. The fourteen year olds came in to do their drawings one day and cindy and jeni wanted to stay so they shared a chair, and sat in the corner and drew pictures and talked. Meanwhile, all the older girls were laughing at them, but they didn´t even notice. I don´t know what happened to Carmen, she hasn´t been here in a long time, so hopefully she will come back soon.
Still have to paint a mural, silk screen t-shirts, get art from all the kids, and perhaps start teaching them crafts such as book making, papermaking, and these really cool lamps that courtney knows how to make.
More later...

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