November 12

Thought for the Day, Joanne Gardner

Dream. Believe. Dare. Do. - Walt Disney

Matt Haskins

On Monday November 12, 2007 we started with our morning meeting after breakfast where we talked about some things that will coming up in the next few days. We also leaned that if we ever need to take a taxi that we should only use white or yellow taxi’s with a taxi sign on top. We then got on the bus that took us to the PPA where we stated out with a meeting. At this meeting we met the PPA staff where we attempted to introduce ourselves in Spanish and they introduce themselves where Edith translated for them.

Once the meeting was finished we then toured the PPA Campus. We got to visit the different homes that the children stay in. For the young kids the boys and girls are together, but the older children they are separated by boys and girls. We also got to see where the laundry is cleaned and the kitchen where the meals are cooked. From there we toured the school where we saw some children drawing pictures for a contest they were having.

Once the tour was complete we all went to lunch at Qubba where we had turkey with rice and lentil beans which was very good. Once we returned to the PPA we went to our afternoon assignments. I was assigned to work with forth and sixth grade boys. Today we worked with the six graders where we first had them draw pictures of their favorite sports. A lot of the boys drew pictures of soccer but others drew pictures of basketball and some even of video games. Following this session we took the boys out and played some sports (soccer / basketball / Frisbee) with them. They wore out the five of us that were with them.

We completed our day with a wonderful dinner where we enjoyed a very good fish dinner by the ocean and a little shopping afterwards.