Here are a couple pictures of where I live and a quick weekend update.
This is my room:
And my own little bathroom - not too shabby though.
On Friday night, all the volunteers went out after our day of orientation. We first went to awesome apartment of some volunteers from last year who decided to stay in Quito another year, but get paid teaching positions. Then all us "newbies" went down to La Mariscal to dance for a while and then take a CRAZY taxi ride home....red lights here a suggestion - and let's just say on the way home our taxi driver decided not to take any of the suggestions ;).
On Sunday, we did a Minga (which means work gang, a Native American word). The Center works together as a big family to each individual family pull themselves out of poverty. One of these steps is helping people save money and build a home. We worked at a family's house that has been in the Center for
4 years and they are now adding on a second room to their home. We dug big holes for the supports all morning. It was fun to hang out as a team in accomplishing this goal and to do some physical labor!
The boys thought it would be funny to make this picture as awkward as possible....
This week will be spent meeting with the other Ecuadorian staff and planning our first week of classes. Please pray that all of us will feel confident in our Spanish to start teaching next week. Also pray that our students come ready to learn and for patience in all of us in handling the beginning of the school year and possible confussion due to the language.
Much love!
Taylor
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