Yesterday I woke up extra early and actually took some time getting ready—as in I didn’t just throw on whatever appears sorta clean and run out the door. I was going to meet my new counterpart! His boss had called me a few days ago and asked me to take him around to introduce him to all the families of the children that receive INFA scholarships that he will be working with. Since my previous counterpart is gone, I am the only one who knows where most of these people live. (Addresses do not exist here.)
After waiting for this person for half an hour I became quite indignant. This person is new at his job. He needs my help. I am the only one who knows where everyone lives. I am integrated into my community. I have work. I don’t need him. He needs me! How dare he not show up! I later learned that this guy hasn’t shown up to anything this past week. He just got the job on Friday! I’m not going to lie. I hope he doesn’t last. Unfortunately, he is good friends with the boss. That means a lot here—a lot more than experience and qualifications.
After I got fed up with waiting for this guy I went to make copies of the flyer describing my reading club so I could pass them out around town. I then had to go to one of the schools because a teacher had a meeting with the parents of her students and had invited me to speak to them about my club. It went pretty well. The parents seemed pretty supportive and interested.
Every Wednesday I tutor English at the library, so I spent the afternoon doing that. Tutoring English is extremely exhausting. I passed out almost as soon as I got home.
Today the librarian and I went to another school to talk to them about our club. More interest. I just hope it doesn’t get too big! In the afternoon I went to Machala with a lady from my community to price shop for an amp and more fans for the library. I think I found the amp I want to buy. Now I just want to run it by the librarian to make sure it is what she wants. With any luck I can purchase them within the next week. I will probably buy children’s books with any remaining money.
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