hoy es el miercoles

hola todos,

i have a bit more time to write to you now. the kids, ten of them, are all studying right now because they are home schooled. two of them have tests today, which their mother Cynthia administers, and currently Kevin is distracting Stephen by having him help him read a Spanish childrens book to improve his spanish. Kevin and Franz have done a great job communicating in Spanish. they made it sound like they knew nothing at all but the kids and family are understanding them well.

all the family wants us to at least stay till Saturday, when they are having a birthday celebration for their littlest, Felipe, but we need to get to Comi. they are having a pinata and it sounds like a blast. i would love to spend the whole summer with them because they are incredible, so full of energy and love, and so much fun. today, we are going to Antigua around lunch time. i have been there before, it is the city where mile 0 is and its very touristy, but pretty and historic. we are also going to try and find cell phones so i might be able to call home.

after lunch yesterday, Cynthia found out that Franz knew how to play the violin, so she asked him to teach Leroy how to play. we had fun listening, franz was really good, and leroy was getting better. i also gave them the games that i brough them, including coloring books, frisbees, velcro ball throw, play doh, those pills that grow into foam creatures in water, bubbles and cards. everyone had fun trying out these new toys.

last night we went to Erick´s Evangelical church (not only is the Estrada father a doctor but he is a pastor). and we basically had 1.5 hours of praise and singing. it was really neat. we got in large circles and said prayer intentions for all the church ministries, we sang A LOT, and we (kevin, franz and i) were also introduced as guests. we each had to say our name over the microphone, haha.

this morning we woke up and had breakfast consisting of mashed beans, corn tortilla, hot dogs with a sauce of tomatoes, sweet peppers and onions, fried plantains, and of course cafe. Felipe was a hoot this morning. he came into the kitchen, jumped on Franz, and commented on his ¨barbacoa¨ and ¨pelito¨ (short haired beard). he then touched his hole face and laughed about his adams apple. then he observed that kevin had longer hair than Franz, haha. Then, the UD boys, Juan Carlos, Felipe and I all played two card games, memoria and this fun matching addition game. i will have to teach people when i come back. its no euchre, but i still enjoy it.

the pics above include my Favorite Juan Carlos...so freakin adorable. and the other is of me, Oscar, Isaiah, Diego and Sandra. These pics were taken while Franz and Leroy were playing the violin. Felipe had a lot of fun with my camera.

well, i am peacing out, but thank you for reading my blog, i hope its entertaining for you!

platanos fritos,
lowraaa