Today started with a workout at 5 am with Logan. Heather was supposed to be there, but her alarm didn’t go off. I am just as surprised as you probably are that I was able to get up. I am seriously exhausted.
Here is a picture of the outside of the place I work. I can’t take pictures of the kids, or even take my phone to shift. Sorry for the lack of detail on the kids. 😞
My first shift was in Casa Alegria, so I spent the morning hanging out with the little kids. One of the little girls sat and cried the entire time. Another one is kind of like a 3-year-old mom to all the other little kids. There are two sets of siblings in Alregria and they are super cute. We spent the day hanging out and watching Despicable Me in English, but in black and white.
I got to hang out with the older brother of one set of siblings. He is 3ish years old but he looks and talks like a baby. He is also def and unable to walk. On my first day their mom came to visit, but she only wanted to take the “normal” daughter, but the Rossero’s said no bueno.
Between my two shifts I took a nap because I was so exhausted. Luckily I woke up before shift.
During my second shift at Esperanza we played hide and go seek for two hours! It was actually pretty fun. I hid with a little girl who is the crazy devil child of the orphanage. She is a normally developing child physically, but she was severly sexually abused and is still kidnapped by her father sometimes.
She totally peeshed on the ground by the swings today and then let out a huge pedo while we were hiding. On the bright side she told me I was “so cute” today and she is known for telling the volunteers that they are ugly. Yay! Haha
The Tia working in Esperanza today was super hard to read. She reminded me of Rosa the adopted mother in the book theif. I was feeding one of the boys and he knocked his bowl out of my hands and onto the floor. The bowl was practically empty, but it spilled a tiny bit. I thought she was going to eat me. Luckily I think she was more upset with him.
Another boy I was feeding took about 40 minutes to eat and he still hadn’t finished so we just threw out the rest.
Tonight we watched Castaway. It is good to hear and watch something American. I am super excited to go to church tomorrow. We take all the kids so the sacrament meeting is in Spanish, but I think I will still get the jist and feel the spirit. One of the kids actually graduated seminary today or he will tomorrow. Things are good here and I love the place!