Just wanna Say Hey From Peru

I HAVEN'T HAD DIET COKE IN TWO WEEKS!!! But I have had a lot of potatoes and rice. To be more specific, for lunch and dinner every day. Not just one or the other, but rice with potatoes on top. Can you say carb overload? The freshmen 15 is going to become reality at this rate, and I haven't even been to college yet.

A little bit about where I've been working...I've worked in four different places since I've been here, and I think that I have finalized my schedule!

Monday: Semillitos

Tuesday: Pachacutec

Wednesday: San Antonio

Thursday: Pachacutec

Friday: San Antonio

Semillitos is the orphanage for people with special needs. Here, I'm working with the babies (from newborn to about 5 years old). I play with them, take them outside, and help feed them. They are very well taken care of, and loved. It is very tiering though. It completly amazes me that the "mommies" take care of them all day, I'm beat after a few hours!

Pachacutec is shanty town. In one of the schools there, I'm teaching english to five classes, two 5th grade classes, and 3 6th grade classes. Their english is very basic. This week, we will be teaching personal pronouns. Even though the 4th-6th grade classes all learn the same thing, but my 6th graders still do not know the things they've been taught for 3 years. They only get English for 30 minutes once a week, and with volunteers changing frequently, they don't ever get the same person for very long.

San Antonio is the orphanage for normal children. I'm working with the toddlers here, I do the same thing with them, that I do with the kids at San Megito. I love working with the kids here, but it's very hard sometimes. They all just want to be picked up and held, but we're not allowed to hold them. In each room there's usually 12 to 14 babies, and only 1 or 2 "mommies." When we hold them and then leave, they cry, so we can't. I hate the fact that I can't hold them. I was sitting on the floor with one and he climbed into my lap. I decided to let him sit there for a while. He snuggled into my arms and every few minutes he would turn around, look up at me, smile, and give me a huge hug. Then he would just snuggle back in. All he wanted was to be loved. They all need someone to love them. My mission is to get my mom and dad to adopt a baby:)

On a side note, the mayonnaise here is amazing. I have never tasted anything like it. It' rather odd though, because it comes in a packet. I haven't seen a jar of anything yet. The most popular soft drink is Inca Cola. I'm not really a fan of it, because it taste like liquid bubble gum and is neon orange.