Today on the second day of work, we took the tour bus down to the church. When we got there we could already see the difference. Today our jobs were to paint benches, windows, doors, and touch ups. After a few hours of work we took a break to eat lunch. A while after that, a few kids came down. A boy named Luis, had some fun stealing my hat, after which I would have to chase him to give it back. We did that a few times then we saw the little girls. Ellen, Meredith, and I decided that we should play with them too. All 8 of us went into the church, where Scott helped us dance and sing with his guitar. We did the Hokeey Pokeey, This little light of mine, and If you´re happy and you know it. After every movement we did, this one little girl would giggle and laugh. I felt kind of bad because Luis kept wnating to play some more but I had to do some work. I don´t know much spanish so it was difficult to tell him ¨not right now.¨ Hannah and I also had some trouble buying 20 bottles of Coke because we both didn´t understand what he said. We asked Jordan to come down and help us translate and calculate but she couldn´t understad either. So finally we asked Rev. Ivan´s wife. She came over and of course the man had had everything right, the change and everything, we were the ones that didn´t understand. Right before we left I said ¨adios¨ to the kids and Luis came up to me and gave me a big hug. It feels so good to be a part of this group and to be able to see all of the aspects of their culture.
C.N.