LAST BLOG FROM ECUADOR

so everyone it is 3 15 in the morning. i can't sleep for various reasons and i am all pack and ready to go back to my lame high school life. my last working day was thursday. in the morning i worked with the infants and it was really fun and the best part was that half way through our shift i was invited to join the older kids on a walk to the park and back. I had seen pictures of them playing in the thick grass, all wearing their blue bucket hats and was so sad when i didnt think i would have a chance to join them while i was here. So you could only imagine my excitedness.(if that is a word) There is a metal gate that separates the sleeping rooms and the play rooms and i was so excited i jumped right over it giving the head nun a little bit of a scare. I bought the kids cookies and water once we got to the park. Its so funny how much they freak out about getting water though! They really don´t get plain water in their diets at all so its a pretty big deal and some can barely drink it, it just falls right out of their mouths. Another plus of the walk was that most of the time i got to be hand in hand with my favorite little Rosita. That afternoon I worked my first shift at the casas, which are the older kids 3-18 or 16 i dont know. but its really fun cause they are very self dependant so you just kinda hang out and play games and laugh. It was a really good last shift. after that we went to the younger kids and the workers had planned alittle party for all of us leaving. I am lucky that there are girls who have been here a long time that are leaving too or else i dont think i would get this grand of a send of. The best part was during the goodbyes my roommate tanner was translating and the worker talking was kinda going from person to person and inbetween weach person would usaually say something about the whole group and she was talking about how greatful she was for everone and stuff and then here segway into thanking my was very abrupt and caught taneer off guard. the first thing she said was ¨And espencer, you look like a polar bear,¨ it gave everyone a good laugh. and then they fed us some treats and i was on my way. Never to see that wonderful place for a long time. I really can't describe how great it is though. The nuns take such good care of them and it really is just one big family. Every nun, every worker, every volunteer, and every child just has the strongest unconditional love for the children. I really hope i get to go back. I am actually already thinking of trying to this summerr for a long term trip. So if any of my sponsors who read this think they can help me out again please contact me. The long term trip is a little more expensive but so much more worth it. Two weeks cost more than half of two months. Well, on friday i did some shopping and went to the equator!!! That was a blast. I also ate cuy which is a slow roasted guinea pig so that was cool. It also happens to be at the same restuarant that Andrew Zimmerman from Bizarre Foods eats his first cuy. If you have seen that episode yes i did try the brain, but it was the kidney that wax surprisingly wonderful. now it is 3 42 and i think i am going to have a large bowl of cereal and some toast. Wish me luck on my flight. except you are all probably asleep right now.....