Que Vida la Mia

What life of mine!

Since my last post I´ve come to realize that I find much happiness in music. However, on Halloween night, a bunch of people decided to have a get-together down the street. Yes, that´s right, again I was serenaded til the wee hours of the morning. I would have joined the festivities, but I had returned to Olocuilta that afternoon from another brief trip to San Salvador. So I was tired. It was a whole new experience hearing ¨Girls just wanna have fun¨ on my costume-less October 31st!

As far as new service projects go, we´ve started a Children´s Class. This consists of singing songs, virtues, and art projects. What´s interesting to note is how the kids were invited to the class. I first met these siblings when they were begging outside of our house. Later, our host had the idea to extend some hospitality to them. So it´s a happy ending to one of the grimmer aspects of life here. And only recently did we successfully stop them from showing up at our gate at 7am and yelling ¨BUENAS¨ at the top of their lungs :) They´re precious.

I also got to visit Colegio Ridvan last week. It is the school I was intended to serve at before my plans changed. About 100 children go there and they are all the sweetest people you´ve seen! My roommate used to teach there for several months, so when she stepped through the door, she was greeted by a mass of exuberant kiddos. What a rockstar moment! They were all so happy and school was so colorful. An outside wall even had a mural on it, que bonita la pared!

My time here has been such a wonderful education already. For now, I´m dedicated to seek out what I find truely matters in life. University is great, for sure, but it´s nice to take some time off work and school. Learning doesn´t occur only in the classroom and I whole-heartedly encourage any student to seize an opportunity like this.