It’s not all about work in San Marcos. Each day has been a new adventure for
West. His first day in San Marcos he
made new friends within 20 minutes and went off with friends into town to watch
a soccer game and kick ball with friends.
The following day, he was up at 5:45 excited to adventure to his new
school, a kilometer walk from our new home.
On our walk we saw multiple pairs of parrots, one set flew right in
front of us. He spent the rest of the
day at his new friends house Tito playing with the local kids.
Every day (literally every day) is a new adventure. The following day, he was up excited to ride
horse to school. Again, he spent the
afternoon playing with friends. That
night, after an adventure into the forest seeking the sight of howler monkeys,
they brought him a new horse “Chito”, just his size. Wednesday (July 18th) was a
typical July day in San Marcos. RAIN…
LOTS of RAIN. That didn’t stop West from
another early morning on horseback. This was a sight to see. If only I had someone to capture the memory
with a camera. West in uniform, sitting
on his new horse, grin from cheek to cheek and an umbrella large enough to
cover him from the down poor and me in my shorts with big rubber rain boots,
and an umbrella, let’s just say not quite as large as his. We
adventured to school.
I must admit, I too had a grin from cheek to cheek… this was
like a dream come true. The idea that I
could share this life with my kids didn’t seem possible. But there we were. I was leading my son on his horse to school. He was excited to arrive to at school to be
with new friends and I was thrilled to be able to greet old friends as we
passed their homes and they noticed the crazy gringa walking in the down poor. The only difference this time is that it’s 20+
years later and I am sharing my new life and family with their new lives and families.
West’s new school consists of grades K-6. There are two classrooms in the school and
have two sessions a day; morning (7:00-11:00) and afternoon (11:00-3:00). They switch sessions every week. Each classroom consists of multiple grades (up
to three) and one teacher. And we thought
our teachers had it tough! Many of West’s
classmates are children of the youth that participated in the youth group that
I had formed years ago. Some of his
schoolmates are even children of my kindergarten students.
Rumor has it that the gringo kid is pretty smart. The teacher called on him the second day of class
to answer a few questions about a story they had read. He stood up and proudly answered all three
questions. He may seem to be fitting in
a bit TOO well. I passed by one day and
saw him goofing off with his friends… potentially doing something they probably
were not supposed to be doing (kicking an empty bottle around as if it were a
soccer ball).
His first homework assignment is worth the read. Proverbs 15:14. "A wise
person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash." Imagine
that, a public school system teaching our children the important value of such
simple words of wisdom.
So, there you have it: las adventuras de West. With a little help from her papi who arrives today, maybe I can get AnaGrace to write a quick post about her adventures in town with her cousins and grandparents.
So, until then... blessing to all!
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