Last year I spent a lot of time wondering why Hermana Flor kept putting me with the most difficult children in San Antonio. I was placed in third grade last year, and I had to deal with kids such as Daniel, José, Williams (don't ask me why there's an S in his name - Peruvians love to pick English names and butcher them), Andy and Javier, in ( Read more... )

So, today I had an awesome day again. I welcome thee, oh crappy day of tomorrow. Anyway ( Read more... )

I have had an awesome day today.

It started with being late for breakfast, as usual. I think I've finally figured out why I am late every morning - breakfast starts at 6:50 a.m., not 7:00 a.m.! But anyway. I was late with Kathi and Doris, so it wasn't too embarrassing.

Then, after breakfast, I helped clean the San Antonio pabellón. Despite everything ( Read more... )

A new school year is about to start here in Ciudad de los Niños, and I am scared. There, I said it. I've been to two meetings; one that concentrated on the treatment of abandoned children ("Acompañemos para una vida con mejores oportunidades") held by professionals within the field, and the other one with the employees of Ciudad de los Niños about ( Read more... )

Yesterday Kathi and I had a mini-meeting with Hugo, and he gave us new keys to the outer door and told us that if we could, we should help the hermanas with preparing the pabellones for the kids' arrival on Saturday. So, at 11 a.m. we took what remained of my mum's birthday cake, a knife, a spoon and a kitchen roll, and went over to San Antonio. We ( Read more... )