First off: my parents came and visited me! Here are a few pictures of us hanging out in Monte Sinaí
Me, my neighbor Carolina who owns a store near our house, and my mom
Us with Mónica´s family
Me witih Cristina and her sons
Me with Elisa and Fernanda´s kids
We took a trip to Cuenca, a historic and beautiful city up in the mountains
The Cathedral in Cuenca
The altar in the Cathedral
The botanical gardens outside of the museum we went to
Me and Mom
A parrot!
An outdoor artisan market
The Incan ruins at Ingapirca
¨The Inca´s Face¨
Near the end of my parents´visit, there was a major rainstorm in Sinai. We weren´t able to get them to the airport for their flight because the roads to get out were flooded. It was a good thing in that it meant my parents got to stay two extra days, but it was pretty scary and there were several fallen houses and a few deaths in various parts of Guayaquil that night. Many families are still recovering. Here is a picture of some of the houses by the canal the next morning when the water was starting to go down:
On a less depressing note, today was the last day of our vacation classes through the parish and all the classes did a presentation for their parents! It was super fun. Here are a few pictures of the performances and of me with my students.
The little kids showing a game they learned
One of the Arabic dance classes
Greg´s English class singing Old McDonald had a farm
My singing class for high schoolers
The guitar class
What beautiful and talented students I have!
I also
have a video of my ballet class´s performance that I really wanted to
post but it looks as though that´s not going to load any time soon.
Perhaps another day.
Things to look forward to: Holy week should be awesome! And I´m leading my first retreat group in two weeks- University of Detroit Jesuit High School. Wish me luck!
Have a wonderful day.
Abrazos,
Heidi
