My First Day of School

Today was my first day at the school... ever! I have been spending most of my time at the clinic, with a little bit of time dispersed between the ranch and the office. Therefore, it was quite a different day. We began by hitchhiking to San Marcos from Las Palmas. It was a lucky day. We got 2 rides and only had to walk for about 45 minutes instead of the normal hour and a half. It was great. We then stopped for breakfast since we were so early. That was a big mistake for me. I had a little too much too eat, a little too quickly, and then I didn´t feel so hot. You shouldn´t do that. After that, we went to the school and hung out with Roxana (the director) for a while, and some of the girls helped with classes (I still wasn´t feeling so great, and my Spanish is terrible). It was then lunch time (I had a Fresca) and then back to school. I felt a lot better, so we played with the kids for a while at recess and now here I am (it´s raining now), typing my final blog of the summer. It´s been a pretty interesting and different day. It was nice to see yet another aspect of Mission Lazarus in action though. The school provides such a wonderful service for the children in the community that might never get the education they need. Plus, it´s a lot of fun to play with those niños. I liked it.

Love,
Tristan