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I got to play ping pong today for the first time  I knew they had a table and told some of the kids that a really like to play. But when we attempted to we couldn’t find the paddles or balls anywhere. Sister Claudia was cool enough to go buy some paddles from a local shop in the plaza. The funny thing is that as soon as she got back from the tienda they had found the other paddles. So now we have a crazy over abundance of ping pong paddles. We’ll just have to use them for other things I guess, any suggestions? Haha. I played ping pong with Pepe and then Ani. Ani is a awesome ping pong player. She beat me the first couple of times.

I also went to the store today to get a watch. I really wanted to get one so I could keep track of the time when I had to go bring the kids to school and also to pick them. I was using my Ipod, but I found out that it isn’t the greatest means of a watch. Usually when I would take it out to check the time the kids would want me to play a song of show them a video or something .

The Sisters are so nice to me over here. I think they are trying their hardest to make me feel at home. It’s really humbling to me. They’re always asking me if I would like something else to eat, which I never do say I want, or I try to tell them that, but I think that gets lost in translation some where. I’m perfectly happy with whatever they are eating. But for tonight they went get taco’s from a restaurant. It wasn’t just for me but also for the sisters. The taco’s were really amazing. I only just feel bad that I’m not eating the same stuff as the kids. I usually try to eat with all the children in the cafeteria, but it the Sisters invite me to eat with them I’ll always accept it. Hey Angelle did you ever have this kind of thing happen with you when you were here? If so what did you do?

Something I really love about eating with the kids is that they always yell for me to come sit with them when I go eat in the cafeteria. I try to sit at a different table each time I go.

I had a really great conversation with Sister Carmin tonight. She’s really hilarious, which is crazy to me because she speaks pretty much Zero English. Tonight I was talking to her about how she likes being in Tepa and things of that nature. She’s been here for 8 years, she said that it’s tiring. There are 80 something kids here, and it can range up into 120. That’s a really crazy. When you’re at the Casa you wouldn’t think it’s that many because there usually always spread out all over or working or doing something. Me and Sor Carmin also talked about our difficulties with English and Spanish. I just kept telling her “ Espanole es Muy Deficile!” and she would reply “No No English”. I said “Mojer, Mujer, and Mojado”. Haha! One means Wet, one Woman, and the other Better. I think I only have one friend that can easily identify these. They may seem to look very different, but when you pronounce them in Spanish they are almost the exactly the same.

I hope I’m not carrying on to much about non-sense on here 