Latacunga

Today I (Pete) made a new girlfriend. Her name is Evalin and she's 2 1/2 years old. Tesha and I went with the corporation's psycologist to the other FHC orphanage located in the rural town, Latacunga. Evalin came up and hugged me right away and didn't leave my side all day. I taught her how to make a popping sound with her mouth and she taught me that the 'Vaca' that we could see from the playground says "moo."

We met some high school aged female volunteers from Latacunga that Tesha talked with for awhile. We were the first people from the US they had ever talked too, so they were excited to ask Tesha lots of questions and listen to her speak English even though they didn't understand. Tesha introduced herself after we noticed them trying to sneak pictures of us on their cell phones.

This evening we went out to dinner and a movie at La Plaza de Las Americas. It was wonderful to experience a modern commercial center in Quito since we had really only seen the run-down areas of Quito, outside of our gated orphanage, which sits on a hill toward the outskirts of the city. We watched La Familia del Futuro (The Family of the Future) and we understood pretty much all of it. Our Spanish is going to be really good by the end of the year.

-Pete