Just a quick update

So as my last blog mentioned, I made it to Ayacucho, went to go see a few of the kids, and then I took a nice long nap. After my nap I went back over since the kids were out of school. When I walked in a couple of the kids came running up and said ¨I´ve seen you before haven´t I¨ haha, I didn´t really expect them to remember my name but it was nice to know that they remembered me nonetheless. A little bit later some of the older kids came out and the majority of them remembered me by name. All in all it was rewarding to know that they remembered me since that was one of the main reasons I chose to return to Ayacucho rather than go somewhere else.

All 27 kids from last year are here and now they have one more, Jonathan, who has down syndrome and even though he didn´t know me he came running up and jumed on me and gave me a big hug. I guess he got caught up in the excitement of the other kids and thought he should do the same. Also, I big change from last year, about half the volunteers speak English. one is from Switzerland and she prefers nto speak engish, another from Germany, another from England, another from Scotland, and then yet another from the US. Needless to say, if I want the opportunity to just relax and speak english, I can. It also is forcing more people to speak Spanish since it is the only common language we all have.

Well that´s my update for today, I´m going to look for the Methodist Church today so I´ll let you know how that goes, no deep insights for today, just thought I´d fill you all in a little more since yesterday´s post was a little skimpy.

Peace,

Brandon