Real Work

Blog - 14 January 2019

One week ago I started teaching free English lessons for what’s left of summer vacation. It’s really a laid back atmosphere. After the 30 minute lesson we play. One time we went to the Plaza to teach the inexperienced how to ride a bike. There was only one bike, so the others kept themselves busy in other ways while waiting for their turn.

  My kids have been helping with the “teaching” by reading to the kids in English. We also learn Spanish by asking the Santiagueñan kids how to say things in English, and my kids read to the younger ones in Spanish as well. Win-win!

We also get to watch a house being built only 300 meters from where we’re staying. So far the work is with simple hand tools. The workers dug holes by hand, two meters deep, for the foundation pillars. By afternoon they were ready to fill the holes with cement.

I want to make posts of everything that’s been happening up until now. At this point, though, I’d better just stick to what’s happening today. Hopefully I’ll be better able to stay on top of things now that I’ve figured out the Internet here and have replaced the computer that I lost. (Jon bought me a notebook for Christmas.)