Los ninos!

Well... I had just began to write my blog for the night when I saw a trumpet peek around the corner of the computer room, which was followed by a mariachi band! They played for us for about a half hour and we danced, just what we needed! They came in honor of the girls whose birthdays are this week.

This morning we visited a Jesuit boys school. The school has students kindergarten-high school. Here are some of the kindergartners singing to us-

Some of our tour guides were seniors who were learning English and practicing with us. They definitely knew more about the language than I knew about Spanish when I was in high school.

This afternoon, we went to a Bible school for young kids. They were so sweet and happy to see us! We did some coloring (of Noah y el arco), made necklaces (for those of you who ever did VBS- the ones where each bead represents something biblical) with them, and played outside. It really struck me how much of the burden of caregiving falls on older siblings of the infants and young children. Several 8-10 year olds were carrying around infants. We had a lot of fun playing together. I believe we are going back another day (I hope so). Hanging out with kids has been an easy way to get comfortable with talking in Spanish as well. Below are some pictures with the ninos at the Bible school.

Tonight at mass, Padre Joe (father of Sacramento Santisimo) was there and did part of it in English. One of the missionaries (from the U.S.) sang Blessed Be Your Name (also in English). It was great to understand more of the service and sing to a familiar worship song!

¡Buenas noches!