LEX

somehow it worked

this past week we had a total of somewhere around 80 people in our house. they weren't all here at the same time, but still, that's a lot of people. to be honest, i was a bit cynical about the possibility of things going smoothly.

yet, we had amazing group members from both Hill Country Christian School and The Austin Stone Community church. despite a few logistical snags of transporting that many people in a 3rd world country and the mystery of the missing water, the week ended up a big success.

camille had a lot of help in her classroom as HCCS had planned out many activities for the kids. HCCS also made it possible for a group of us to take some of my students to the plaza at Playa Dorado for ice cream. despite the looks from tourists who didn't expect to see lower class locals on their vacation, we all had a wonderful time and my students are excited about the next trip they get to take with other americans.

the Stone also helped us out in a huge way. we had 80 extra hands and arms to help with crowd control, and just as many sets of eyes to sit with kids one-on-one to read a book. my English classes also thoroughly enjoyed the gringo's dramatic rendition of The Good Samaritan, and the opportunity to practice speaking with native English speakers who knew little to no Spanish.

i hope that membes from each of these two groups won't forget to send me emails and cd's with copies of their pictures so i can post some here for all to see.

posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 8:14 PM