Estamos en Quito ahorito

hola chicos

this is brandi, and i am part of the June tutors. I thought i would just update you on what we´ve been up to. Lisa, Marissa, Rachel and I arrived on Tuesday night, and Mallory and Jeff arrived late on Thursday night. Thursday was el día del niño, and we celebrated by having a fiestita at the project. we went shopping in the morning and bought supplies to make the kids little presents, which were marshmallows on a stick with a little drawing on the top that said "feliz día" and we also bought cake and pop for the kids. Adriana thinks that these kids many times don´t get to participate in fun things like this that most other children get to experience, and she wanted to give that to them. On friday we didn´t work because we had to have a big meeting with Adriana and Ximena explaining the foundation, our roles, what is appropriate, ect. it was much needed, because i personally felt completely in the dark on wednesday and thursday when we went to the project.

As Markia said, the May tutors visited the school in San Martín and worked with the kids. We are not doing that in June, because the students have exams and then they are out of school. During the mornings, we will be making worksheets, flash cards, games, excersizes, and the like to prepare for the afternoons, since shortly they will not have homework to do after school. Tomorrow we are making multiplication flash cards.

We have also been experiencing much the the Ecuadorian culture, which has been fabulous. last night we had a birthday party for Sebástian, Adriana´s son.

We will keep updating on the project and our stay in Quito. Already it´s been an amazing trip :-)

Brandi