cute little Emerson! (Mitch at the Aldea)

Another fantastic week here at the Aldea! Things are running along smoother now, as we are all finding our own little niche here and contributing in ways that only we as unique individuals can. English classes are now occurring regularly, but we are still waiting for the computers to be moved into the individual módulos. We really want to start teaching the kids some basic computer skills.

I ate in módulo 8 this week. Mostly girls live there, but there are a couple of little boys, among whom one is Emerson. He still can’t talk yet, but that doesn’t stop him from expressing a little of his personality. He loves being apart of what the older kids are doing. Often after dinner or lunch I would play a dice game with some of the girls and he always wanted to be at the table with us and help gather the dice. He is an incredibly calm boy, but when you can manage to get him laughing, it takes a while for him to stop. On Thursday my módulo went to a special swimming pool in the afternoon outside the Aldea. We had to walk some distance after being dropped off, so I was in charge of carrying him to the pool. He made himself comfortable on top of my shoulders and really enjoyed the ride down to the pool. He is a super good kid.