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.