Kids.

So the time is passing by ever so quickly and we are down to our last week at work.

We just spent our last weekend together as a team and it was over before I knew it. We didn´t get up to too much, we wandered around the markets in Miraflores for some souveniers and even saw a little bit of sun! We went out for dinner and then met up with our Peruvian friends for a night on the town. On Sunday, the weather was back to normal, dreary Lima weather so we hit up Hangover 2. It´s insane how much things cost here sometimes, it was only 12 soles to get into the movie and 8 for a medium popcorn and pop (the exchange rate is about 2.7). So cheap!

Work is hectic now that the end is in sight. We are still constructing the remaining doors, filling in the gaps of the roof, puttying, sanding, priming and painting where needs be and putting cement around the outside. The Mums have now moved into their actual kitchen. Miguel has made the cement my job.. I think it´s because he actually remembers my name and just yelled it out when he decided to get that job done. It´s not so bad once you get the hang of it.. but I never seem to do it the way he wants and we always end up getting frustrated at eachother in our own languages. We get along much better with Miguel now though, there´s even jokes taking place. His favourite right now is calling Harjot, Obama.. I can´t tell you how it started but most people here can´t pronouce Harjot or even Jo.. so now she´s Obama.

Today, we had a visit from the Municipality again. We couldn´t tell excatly what they were doing there but they did bring a new stove for the kitchen. They also took a lot of pictures of us working and with the kids. We are visiting the Municipality on Friday.

Through all the craziness that goes on at the worksite.. all the mixed feelings of being tired, cold, frustrated ect, the kids stay amazing. There isn´t a single one of us that leaves the job site without a smile from a kid that day. We hang out with Jorge a lot.. he´s one and his mum works in the kitchen. He´s so cute and probably will have his own facebook album. He´s got a few nephews (his mum´s daughters have kids even though they are very young) so we hang out with Alejandro and Diego sometimes. Everyone has a kid they´ve kind of connected with.. Corina is Jorge´s sister and tries to learn Spanish from us, Alexander is a little trouble maker but just wants to help. Brian is a great soccer player and he speaks a little English! Antony plays so much whenever he comes to the soccer pitch. Jose is such a big sweetheart. Then there´s lots of kids we see around the kitchen too that we play with. Stephanie has memorized all our names! And the list could go on. It´s hard when you can´t communicate but they are all so welcoming and love to just try and talk to us. They will be the hardest part of leaving. San Jose Obrero, the school, is a school for working children so it´s so hard to imagine where they will end up a few years down the road. We can only hope that they´ll make it okay and be the nice, warm, welcoming people they have been as kids.


3 days left of work. Crazy.
Saturday... Cuzco... Tuesday, trek to Machu Picchu!