This is a girl from another class.  She's about two and a half.  I go over to her class every now and then to play with some of the younger kids and it's always fun.  A lot of them don't get the attention they need, at any age, so some of em really cling to you, like this girl.  She's always excited and dancing around no matter what.  

Abuelitos

These are a few of the 'abuelitos' that come to the school I'm at every day.  There are probably about 10 seniors who come to the program and are provided with food and a place to be during the day.  Many of the seniors like this are out of place in Lima because they came down from the highlands to escape the terrorism that was going on years ago and have never really become a part of society here.  The guy's name is Samuel and I can't remember the ladies name but they're all nice and fun to talk to.  Samuel keeps pictures of every volunteer that comes through there in a photo album so we printed out some photos for him to put in his album.  The school provides some of the land inside to garden in and they grow some food and raise animals like chickens and rabbits for food.  

Barbosa

This kid's name is Guido, I think he's 9 years old but I call him Barbosa.  He's the only one that can somewhat play and understand basketball, so, since he's South American, I named him Barbosa.  Speaking of which, I'm glad to see the Suns fired Porter and turned it over to Gentry. 

Tortuga

This is a picture of a lot of the kids I work with every day.  For some reason, there was a turtle at school the other day and they got a kick out of playing with it.  They mostly argued and fought about who got to touch and try to stand on it but it provided some entertainment for a while.

This house, the blue and red one, is where I rest my head at night, and other random times throughout the day as well.  It's in a good part of town and you can see the bedrooms along the top.  It can hold up to forty people and right now there are about 30.  Last week a group of about 15 'insight volunteers' came, which is a one week program.  So, they came last week and will start leaving tomorrow.

1 month down....

I have just finished my fourth week here and it's hard to believe I've already been here this long.  It's gone so fast and there's still so much I'm going to do but I guess that's to be expected.  Everything has been 'normal' as far as the work everyday and I still come home exhausted and ready for a nap.  The weekends are very relaxing which is a nice break and most people either go shopping or run errands around the city.  I've gotten to know a few Peruvians here so I've been able to go out with them on the weekends and usually during the week as well.

I've also started teaching english once a week to the staff at a place called La Casa de Panchita.  It's basically a center for domestic workers who aren't given much freedom.  Many families from up in the highlands will often send their young girls to live with families in Lima with the promise of them being provided an education and new life, etc.  But, most of the time they are just mistreated and forced to work as maids for people here and they don't have lives outside of their work.  So, La Casa de Panchita provides a place for them to come, if they can get time off, just to interact with other people in similar situations and many times they just show up and sleep.  They also provide varieties of classes and activities for them to participate in.  Anyways...there are about 13 staff members that wanted to take english classes so three of the volunteers, myself included, offered to teach them once a week.  We divided up into basic and intermediate classes and the two other volunteers are teaching the beginners and I'm teaching the intermediates.  

Thats about all I can come up with for now and I'll post more later when I get a chance.