The other big thing that is happening this week is that one of the kids here has been enrolled in a one year program in the US is leaving this Friday. I can tell that he is pretty nervous so the other volunteers and I have been trying to help him get through it. Tonight we are taking him out for tacos. Coincidentally he is going to Seattle!
This is the going away dinner we had for Emir before his big trip to the US.
Perhaps because of the upcoming holiday, everyone seems very distracted from their school work and whatnot. Today. One of the kids with pretty good English came into the library to talk to Whitney and I and this was the conversation that we had.
Boy- I will dance for you if you take me for tacos.
Whitney- What? No. This is not a negotiation.
Boy- Why not?
Whitney- Why would we take you out for tacos.
Boy- Because.... I was reading a lot..... (a long pause) When I was a child....
Whitney and I both laugh. Many of our conversations are like this whether they are in English or Spanish.
Part of the Independence day preparation involved painting empty egg shells and then filling the shells with confetti and flour. Later at the dance these eggs will be smashed on people's heads.
Blowing up tons and tons of balloons was a part of the prep for the celebrations.
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