Lice, Lice, and màs pediculosis!

2/23/11
busy day again. yesterday we ended the day at the school where they are teaching english to teachers in peru. it was a lot of fun. jana and i introduced ourselves to all of the classes. they ALL asked 1.were we married? 2. do we want peruvian boyfriends? 3. how old we were. funny. then one was pretty insistant on getting our phone numbers...which luckily we don´t really have a phone number at this point.  but they were all very eager to learn and very nice.

today we went back to the orphanage and saw about 25 more kids (not really sure where they all came from). it seemed like everytime we turned around there were more waiting on the bench for their turn. they were all nervous and cute, but warmed up to us pretty quickly. 11 of them had lice, so we are officialy the de-lousing experts of the area. if jana and i come out of this lice-free, it will be a miracle (did i spell that right courtney?) we have the 'afernoon' off today so we are going downtown with javier and mayra to see some things. not really sure what. AND we are eating dinner outside the convent, so that should be fun too. who knows, i may even have a cerveza! probably not though. my new father figure, javier, may disapprove.

while it is sad seeing the kids that come in, it is also some what encouraging. jana and i were just talking about how different it is here than it was in haiti. she said it best, 'in haiti they brush their teeth because it makes their mouth feel good. in peru they brush their teeth because they know it will stop their teeth from falling out tomorrow.' (side note, i can´t figure out how to make double quote marks on this key board. if anyone has any insight to this, please let me know). but it´s true. while the situation here is not the best, there is at least a hope for the future. we found out today that the orphange gets enough food at the beginning of the month to last for 15 days (from the government), then they have to rely on outside sources. the head of the house is an incredible woman. you can tell she truely loves and cares about those kids, and has a good head on her shoulders. she listend very carfully about what jana and i have to say, and makes sure that she does what she needs to for the kids that need help. this is no easy task when you are taking care of 12 kids full time, and 15 plus during the day. they kids that live with her are very clean, well fed, and happy. there is hardly any space in the orphange. every time we go in there it looks different because they are constantly having to rearrange everything. one of our long term goals is to find a better space for them in the same area.  also to find a way that they can get food everyday of the month, not just the first 15. anyway, time to go wash the lice off then head downtown. woo hoo!