August 14, 2007

• running from cows

  Gabriels mom…funny how i dont know her name, only my students name…joined us for prayer meeting and started crying. not exactly sure why, but i felt very far away from helping. i stared at the back of the girls head on the bus yesterday and wondered what it would have been like if i were Brasilian…

  Things are going well at the school. my big challenge at the moment is helping the kids going from vocabulary to phrases. it seems impossible at the moment. today consisted of giving out 12 demerits. i think that is a new record. and that was by 10:00am

  Tuesday and Friday afternoons i get off. that, mixed with the fact that my internet classes dont start until later this month, make me feel like i have all the time in the world. maybe mostly because i am comparing it to last semester where i totally fried myself. fried egg on the sidewalk.

  Carina and i went for a picnic. over the hills and through the woods (sugarcane). then through the cow pasture. its been raining, so we ate on the road with a million dollar view. it was fine until someone passed by…luckily, he knew about the Alcance and we became friends. he showed us his chickens and guinea pigs. then the cows had it in for us. i could see it in their beady eyes. we ran.

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