Weekly Schedule

I just realized that you guys probably have no idea what I am actually doing here. So here is this past week's schedule:

Sunday

• 8 a.m.: Meet with my pastoral juvenile group to plant trees. This was actually an amazing project. Thirty-five kids showed up, which was about 30 more than I expected. And were able to plant about 200 seedlings.
• 5 p.m.: Meet with my pastoral juvenile group to plan our big fundraiser
  

Monday

• 8:30 a.m.-noon: Training seminar on family problems and how to resolve them
• 12 p.m.: Lunch
• 2 -4 p.m.: Give a presentation on sexual health (in Spanish, of course) to about 40 community members.
  
• 8-9:30: Go to a religious service conducted by my pastoral juvenile group

Tuesday

• 8:30 a.m.-noon: Training seminar on leadership skills and conflict resolution
• 12 p.m.: Lunch
• 2-5 p.m.: Spanish class
• 5-7 p.m.: Health seminar
  
• FREE TIME!: I played dominoes with about 5 boys until 11 p.m.

Wednesday

• 8:30 a.m.-noon: Health seminar on sexually transmitted infections
  
• 12 p.m.: Lunch
• 2-5 p.m.: Spanish class, where we watched the movie Voces Inocentes about the civil war in Ecuador
• FREE TIME!: Played dominoes with the same boys from 8 p.m. to midnight

Thursday

• 9 a.m.-noon: Visit a public school and sit in on two classes. One of the classes was first grade, and there was one teacher with 46 students. Needless to say, it was chaos. The other class was second grade, and the teacher had a lot more control over those students.
• 12 p.m.: Lunch
• 2-5 p.m.: Spanish class
• FREE TIME!: Played dominoes with the same boys from 8 to 11:30 p.m.

Friday

• 8:30 a.m.-noon: Training seminar on art therapy, and how art benefits both children and adults
• 12 p.m.: Lunch
• 2-5 p.m.: Spanish class
• 7:30-10:30 p.m.: All of the youth volunteers and trainers went to eat pizza. The most popular pizza topping here is corn, and it is delicious!

Saturday

• 7:30 a.m.: Traveled to the mountains to deliver clothes and food to a poorer community

Sunday

• 8:30 a.m.: All of the youth volunteers will go to Aguas Blancas, to relax and swim in an icy cold river
• 4:30 p.m.: Begin preparing for the pastoral juvenile's fundraiser
• 7 p.m.: La noche de Cine begins- We're projecting a movie (although the exact movie has yet to be decided by the group) and charging 20 pesos for entrance, a bag of popcorn and a glass of juice. The money raised goes to the group so they can buy new instruments (guitars and drums) for their religious services.