First Few Days

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     The first few days here, I've been getting to know the boys and trying to learn all their names - I have learned almost all of them except for a few of the older ones - as well as learning more about what daily life is like here - at least what it's like during this month of their summer vacation. I'm helping in the rotation of being a "guardia" (caretaker). Basically, three volunteers are the guardias each day for the boys (the same would be for the girls' house). The guardias' job is to watch the boys, make sure they stay out of trouble, and that they do any chores that they have to do for the day (particularly cleaning up after breakfast and dinner).

Aqueduct of Queretaro

     Breakfast is at nine and I'll go down and eat breakfast with the boys. After breakfast, the boys clean up. They have specific jobs to do such as the dishes, sweeping, etc. Then, they usually hang out and play unless there's something else on the agenda. For instance, on Thursday, all the kids got to go to a basketball camp. Friday was my day to help as guardia and the boys helped cut the lawn using sickles and machetes to help cut some of the brush and long grass that the lawnmower didn't get in the area where the fruit trees were. There's usually a late morning snack such as fruit or cookies and a drink. They have a late lunch around 2:30, which the girls, boys, and staff all eat together in the girls' kitchen area. Then they have the afternoon to hang out and play some more. Dinner is around 6:30ish and then the boys do their chores of cleaning up and hang out until bedtime and/or watch a movie.

     Dany and Betania, the son and daughter of the directors of Pan de Vida, offered to take me to see the center of Queretaro on Saturday night. Altogether, five of us went. I got to see the famous aqueduct of Queretaro as well as some other popular spots.

     I updated the Google Drive folder with more pictures and videos that I took over the past few days and captioned many of them. If you wanted to check them out, it might give you a better picture of what it's been like the past few days.

     Tuesday we leave to take all the kids camping. I'm sure I'll have more to share after our three or four-day camping trip. Until then! Hasta luego!