Heyyy friends and family!!!
So today we met at a reallyyyy nice restuarant for breakfast and had an introduction from Ana who coordinates the work we are doing with the students. We had good food, including this white cheese that we were all obsessed with. Anyway we went to a orientation in a building of the University of Cuenca where we learned a lot about Ecuador and the culture. After that, we were finally on our way to the school! The ride was about an hour long and we were pretty crammed...15 of us in a fairly small van (hey, what better way to bond than sitting on top of eachother for an hour?) Anyway, when we finally arrived at the school, we were not sure what to expect. As we drove up....the kids were SOOO happy to see us. They were all grinning ear-to-ear, some of them were yelling "hola" and some yelling "hello". The directors at the school had prepared a welcoming ceremony for us with live music. It was really nice! We danced with the children and they immediately loved us. After about 5 minutes, I think we all had several kids attached to our hands. They were asking us how to say things in English, asking us our names and about our families, and were just sooo sweet. It was amazing how welcoming these kids were.
What was the most amazing part of this day was that these people were so generous. They gave us flowers, fruit, and their love when they barely have enough to survive themselves. It really makes me think about how we live at home and the little things we worry about. The people we met today are working hard just to survive, and they don't seem to have a worry in the world. They couldnt have been happier and all we did was play with them. It was truly heart warming and I can't wait for the rest of the week!!!
Hannah
Today was super exciting. Even though the people of the Shina community were clearly very poor, they were very generous and most importantly happy. After we got back from the school we took a tour of seven different churches in Cuenca. The architecture is absolutely beautiful. We also stopped for ice cream in the middle of the tour. Let me just say everything here is so cheap so we will be coming home with lots of souveniers!!! Hannah and I had dinner with our hot family...our dinner last night was pizza hut pizza?! Tonights dinner was more authentic. We had chicken (we think it was chicken), rice, salad, this yummy corn and the goat cheese. We almost ate the whole cheese block! We are exhausted but looking forward to tomorrow!!!
Kaltrina
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