Andres' BIG Misunderstanding

Today started out with clinic duty once again.  I got Joche showered, dressed, fed, the clinic swept & mopped, and the sheets changed & washed.  Once again I got to the little girls house to wash the dishes and walk the girls to school.  While I was finishing washing up dishes, Verenice asked me if I could chat with Doris today, so I let her know I'd come to school during "recreo" (recess) to chat with her.

Recreo happens from 10-10:15am, so I headed over to the school and "walked around the halls" with Doris as she chatted with me.  She asked me to stop by after supper so we could walk & talk (she's had a lot going on lately).  I agreed and let her get back to class.

I headed back to the volunteer house for a bit, did some spot cleaning and then headed back to the little girls house for serving lunch and doing dishes (with Maria because Kimberly had her shift at the clinic during this time).  Lunch & supper also came quickly.  After supper I headed back to Danny's house with her and we chatted with Doris for a bit before Doris, Jasmine (Danny's daughter) and I went on a walk.  Jasmine wanted to go into the boys' area to see her dad, but I was unsure of doing that, being that it was after supper and the boys & girls areas are separated for a reason.  So while Doris took her in that direction, I guessed Andres was up at the team house and I decided to go share with him some information I had discovered during the day.

Apparently the rumor is right now that Andres has been telling a girl he's falling in love with her!  As the incidents were told to me, I realized that Andres used a Spanish phrase that to most Americans simply (and literally translated to English) means "I like you", however when you use it with Latinos...in their language and culture, it is more of a "I am falling in love with you" kind of thing...a VERY STRONG "I like you".  So I had the chat with Andres, who then understood what was happening and hopefully he doesn't use that phrase again, unless he REALLY means it!

I spent a few hours back at the little girls house just chatting the night away with Doris before heading back to the volunteer house.  I was very dark on my way back.  When I got back, I pretty much changed & headed to bed, but not before I saw a little gecko crawling down the wall in our room, heading towards our clothing shelves!  With that...good-night!  :-)