Today was my first day in classes. I have two classes - one starts at 9, the other at 11:45. We have a break between classes, and at 1 - we leave. Some days, we'll have excursions after school, like tomorrow, we are taking a walking tour of downtown Cuernavaca. I hope to get my video/camera equipment working. As I type this I hear rain. I enjoy the sounds here. There are dogs barking (like in my own home) and birds chirping. The people here are wonderful. They are warm and gracious. They like that I am trying to communicate in their language...very patiently. They are gentle to correct and always willing to answer questions of vocabulary or pronunciation.
Amigos: I must say, some of the sights are tragic. I've seen many beggars, both old and young - tired eyes, old, cracked hands hoping for some sort of help. I know that we have many poor people at home too, and it's so disconcerting to see a McDonalds, Walmart, Sears and many other American stores - with so much of our cultural influence in this country and children are starving. I'm not sure I told you, but one of the asks from my school was to bring children's vitamins for a local orphange.....I've done so, and will give them in the name of our program. Perhaps we can find a way to "adopt" a child here to help them in some way.
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