Day 15 •• June 10

     As I neared the doors of the cafeteria, I noticed the lack of backpacks lining the steps and walkway ... but while I was eating, River explained: today we were going into town to collect money for ADRA Argentina. Ohhh. After a few announcements at the flag pole, we gathered in our class rooms and paired up. I was placed with two girls (like normal, I don't remember their names) who spoke no English. However, that was probably best, as it forced me to figure out what they were saying. After arranging ourselves into pairs, we grouped at the church while we waited for the buses to be ready. The bus ride was quite amusing, as basically anything with the senior class is. We're always loud and obnoxious. Anyhow, in town we were assigned different sections to cover. Our section was mainly commercial, with a few residential buildings every so often. Unfortunately, we only collected around 100 pasos ... or around $10 USD. 

     Once we finished our area, the seniors gathered in the plaza. There we fooled around on the playground equipment and bought food from the nearby "supermarkets". (I added quotations, as their supermarkets aren't that much bigger than our gas station general stores.) 

     Once we returned to ISAM, we had about a half-hour until lunch. After lunch, which was veggies and a casserole of some type, I had an hour or so until my Spanish class. Class itself was okay. Our teacher is nice, however she speaks virtually no England, which is good, but sometimes a little English would help. While I understood most of the lesson, at the end we started to learn about future infinitive verbs. Oh, Spanish verbs, why must you be so complicated!? I was talking with Kevin (who was a student at SVA last year) and he said that English is easier to learn than Spanish ... delightful. I know I've only been here a for two weeks, but right now I feel as if I'm not making any headway. 

     During supper, however, the girls were teaching me how to say, eyes, nose, mouth, ears... etc. I'm keeping a list of Spanish words on my phone, so they typed up the word in Español and I translated it to Inglés. That helped, some. After vespers, Sarah and I hung out a few doors down the hall. The girls have panni makers that they use to make grilled cheese. Between that, cookies and music, we had a great time.