Okay, I wanted to just add this quick update because my high school girls are so sweet! I teach 3rd course, which is the highest here at our school (but really an equivalent to freshmen girls). I really enjoy them, but I also get frustrated with them at times too. One example was yesterday. They were basically all at class like 10 minutes late and so I had a discussion with them about how that is not acceptable for life and especially not when working. They were all like silent the rest of class and could tell I was mad. I told them they all had to be on time to class today or I wouldn't let them enter.
Well, they were definitely all on time today.....and then made me leave. I wasn't really sure what was up, but I could tell they were up to something. Well they all lined up outside of the classroom and then quickly entered to be at the front of the class and sing me Happy Birthday in English. Then they gave me this cake with all these Liga (my soccer team here) decorations on it and sang the fight song for me. A majority of them are fans of the other really popular team in Ecuador, Barcelona (big rivals), but they all sang the Liga song for me. It was very sweet as I've been teasing them for the last couple weeks about it. They even lit a soccer ball candle for me and then had me bite the cake...and then smash my face in it! They also bought soda, chips, and sweets. It was very thoughtful and clearly they worked really hard at it.
So to make it even cuter, I was telling another volunteer, Laura, about it tonight and she told me about how they had been trying to make money for the party all week! They bought a couple bags of chocolates and were selling them to their friends and other people in the Center to make money. I guess by yesterday they had enough money for the chips and soda, but then they working really hard today to buy the Liga cake from the bakery. It was clearly from the heart and it is amazing how generous they are despite having a lot less. Pretty special ladies...
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