Happy Belated St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you all had a great time celebrating, here we wore green and put food coloring in the bread and that was about it for celebration. Though this coming weekend Betsy, another volunteer and myself are supposed to be Irish dancing for the party and Tbay, the resort down the beach. We will see if that actually happens.
The family has come and gone already, it is hard to believe. I really enjoyed having them here though it got to be tricky when the dentist arrived: I was working and on vacation at the same time….how did that work out?!? They work super hard the whole week, the clinic looked brand new and I don’t think the taller, maintenance, has had that much attention in I don’t know how long! And Jesse managed to learn how to wind surf and helped me in study hour with House 6 girls.
The Dentist and his wife worked very hard also, and came from Alexandria MN, small world, and his wife possibly taught Catechism with my aunt! This was their sixth year coming so they have a great system. We were able to get through all the Finca kids as well as some of the neighbors. I was able to sit in on almost all the cleaning and some of the hard cases and saw some teeth removed and some drilling being done which was actually really cool!
This past week I covered house 5 boys (ages 12-16) for a two hour stint. It is amazing to me how day to day they can be real brats sometimes but one on one super nice, we could actually carry a conversation! House 6 is always good for a chat around the fagon before dinner while cooking. House 4 loves the beach, but then again who doesn’t? House three, the youngest boys, and I still only talk about their granos and other injuries they have acquired. I was substitute teacher for agriculture and house 2 girls were the well behaved ones telling their other classmates to be quiet and behave for profa Deirdre. House 1 is learning about numbers and addition through drawing pictures, so for study hour we have become really good at drawing birds in a tree!
I have 5 weeks until my first vacation home, but who’s really counting? I am super excited to see everyone and be home for some family affairs like Randi’s wedding, Dad’s birthday, Mother’s day, and more!
Thank you to those who were able to attend the Knights of Colombus Turkey Bingo! Thank you to all who are supporting me here financially and or spiritually, it is grately appreciated! Much Love…Deirdre
