Hola..

Got cut off pretty abrubtly last day so carrying on.. yeah so we start work on Monday. Bit of a change though - i´d mentioned we were going to be working on our own at some projects, which meant travelling on our own and if you had seen the roads and buses then you would understand the concern we had. I mean, every third vehicle on the road is a bus, but there are no bus stops?!It would appear you just hail a bus anywhere, or actually I saw someone jump on a bus while it was stopped at lights for 2 secs! And getting off? pretty much jump out wherever. Tearfunds policy is that we shouldnt ever be alone in the city so we chatted and decided we didn´t want to do it - phew. So we will always be in pairs now. Each pair will work for one month at a project and rotate for 4 months.

We were at a business meeting at Mosoj Yan were we met an English couple who were 2 of the nicest people you could meet. Charles and Suzanne. They set up a project to help people in prison and their children - it´s a pretty complex project that I don´t have time to get into now but they invited us to visit them and help out if we have any free time cos they are struggling. They gave us their number and offered any help about anything at all while here just to contact them - also gave us a few tips for living in the city.

It was children´s day in Bolivia on friday. They have days for everything here! So we were at the party at Mosoj Yan. It was great. Pretty similar to kids parties back home. One thing I notice is how well behaved the kids are! It´s quite different to youthclub I´ll tell you!haha! We all had lunch together and I was a bit uneasy with the 4 yr old (very like Adam in junior yc!) sitting beside me eating his chicken drumstick on-the-bone with a steak knife.
It´s heart-breaking when these kids are clinging to you and turn and say something to you or ask you something and the only response you can give is ´no entiendo´. The kids are adorable and so friendly with us.

We had a meeting with our Spanish teachers. They are so lovely and had a chat with us one on one to see what sort of level we are at. It looks like we will be having 2hours one-on-one lessons a week. And if we go in pairs it will be 4 hours. They actually invited us all round to one of their houses for dinner tomorrow night to get to know us and chat about our cyllabus for the 4 months.

chao..