Today for some reason (well, the Ecuadorian teachers were having some kind of seminario) there was no school, but we still were supposed to have English so we had to be at both schools like normal. Well, I commuted to the school downtown in the morning, and for English with the girls, I joined two other classes to watch Lilo and Stitch in Spanish. Then, we were supposed to have girls program, but we had a huge Halloween party with all the kids. There was music, one piñata for each kids, face painting… It was so refreshing to sing and dance and play with all of the kids! It’s days like these that give us volunteers a breather and remind all of us how much we love these kids, even though they are SO CHALLENGING to
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