Flooded out

So this week has been kind of a laid back week for us. On Monday, we had boys club in 2 parts. It was a really fun day...until the rain started. The day began with morning boys club...the craft was making crowns...they loved it. One of the older boys, Jose, is one of the leaders in our class...and he knows it and loves it. So of course, he cut his crown to look like an actual king. In spanish, leader, or boss is translated into "Jefe".
Later on, we taught our English class. This week we covered the months of the year, the names of family members, and started on different verbs such as "to have" and "to want". Most of the boys are really loving English, and they work so hard at it. One of the boys, Junior, does not know how to read, so learning a new language is 10 times harder and frusterating for him...and yet he is the hardest working in the class. I really love when we give the boys worksheets, and they actually work on them, putting a lot of effort in. It shows me that they truely want to have options, and make more opportunities for themselves. So far, we have had at least one boy more per week join the English class, because we have seen them showing interest.
After about a solid hour of studying English, we decided to treat the boys to lunch. Normally, we take Motoconchos around town, which is really cheap transportation...you can get anywhere for about $1.00. However, the public cars are even cheaper, and they basically run like a bus; on a certain route. So since the boys take these "guaguas" sometimes, this is how we got to lunch. Jose collected the money from us to pay for all the boys, and took care of paying the driver. He sat in the front seat, and acted his normal role as Jefe.
After lunch we headed back for the afternoon boys club. However only a few boys showed up since it started to rain. There were only a few of us, so we had some of the boys working on their English, and everyone else just kind of hung out and had fun. We played some games, and spent some quality time with the boys. It was pouring rain out all afternoon, and by the time we were ready to leave, the streets were completely flooded. We had to walk to our ride home, and we basically walked to the car in knee high sewage. I felt really bad leaving all the kids behind in the mess. Later that night, we saw on the news that the village was completely flooded. However, we recieved no emergency phonecalls...unfortunately this happens a lot, and the people who live in this village are just used to it.

The rest of this week has basically been home visits, and shooting footage for the kids sponsors.