September 10, 2008

Yesterday I spent the morning with Guadalupe and Edison (her boss and the brother of my host dad). They interviewed the mother’s of the children who receive scholarships from INNFA and once they finished, I interviewed them for one of my Peace Corps assignments. In the afternoon, Guadalupe and I ran Adventura de la Vida. This session was on the importance of vaccinations (they prevent diseases/ keep us healthy). I didn’t actually do much except teach the children some doodles. In my defense, however, they were very cute doodles.

In the evening, I broke out a deck of cards and taught Dario and Michelle (my host brother and sister) Cheat, Janitor, and my version of Rummy. They, in turn, taught me Casino and their version of Rummy. Their favorite game was Janitor which we translated to conserje. It was a lot of fun and I discovered that ‘In your face’ translates to Spanish.