It was weird this morning. I woke up and it was the quietest that it had been. I asked Matt if he was awake, he was, and then I said, "it's eerily quiet." It was the first morning in the past 10 weeks that I can remember that no dog was barking, no one was knocking on doors, no kids were outside playing, not even crickets were making noise.
I continued on with the day. I did this and that, hung out with some kids, and put together a giant tent. Some of the kids are going on a campout so they wanted me to show them how to put together this mega tent that has 3 bedrooms in it, so that was fun.
Anyway, later on in the afternoon I got word that Avis was looking for Matt and I and she wanted to talk. It turns out that she's leaving for the U.S. tomorrow morning because her brother is dying. I think I already posted something about that earlier, he has cancer in pretty much his whole body...it's a terrible situation.
So, with Avis gone who is going to teach english? It turns out that some lady was coming from lima to look for a job, one of the house moms sisters, and is a teacher. So Avis hired her. Avis had met her once and said she spoke great english. Well with me being the only one here right now with any knowledge of how the english ciriculum works, its now my job to train 2 teachers to start teaching on monday. These last days will be anything but winding down...haha.
2 comments:
I do remember that you said it would be great cause you could just hang out with the kids. It's really good though that you were still there to show them how it works. I think you can surely still find time to hang out with the kids. You didn't put in there how you hung the cups on the wall. be sure to take a pic of that so you can post that when you get home. it was great talking to you. love mom
Hi Kevin,
I've enjoyed reading about your experiences over the past weeks. I'm amazed; you can fit alot into 24 hours. What will they do without you & Matt? It's a mission field for sure. I love reading about the responses from the kids you're working with. You connect with them; that's great. The day you told about the rat made me cringe; what a nightmare. I didn't know they would a rat could gnaw into a console. That's so weird. Kevin, you've been in my thoughts and prayers this summer. You're making a difference. Thanks for taking time to blog. Kim McRae
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