We started off the week going to a new school called vineyard. There were around fifty kids—all of whom were suspiciously angelic. When we broke into small groups Elizabeth and mine’s group practically whispered the whole time; the girls were so quiet and shy. Hopefully tomorrow they’ll warm up.
After vineyard we surprised the girls at Chibote and returned for week two. It was wonderful to see familiar faces and be able to build on relationships that were started last week. We did a skit (or sketch as they say)—actress of the day award goes to Elizabeth. She played a fantastic crazy woman at the first school, and an even better disgusting slob (mud smeared face and all) in the afternoon.
We broke into small group, which was lovely. Most of the girls in my group were ones I had talked to at various points during last week and our conversation as a group was very organic—nothing about it felt forced. We sat in the sun and talked about getting tested (almost half of the girls in my group had already been tested which is exciting), whether kissing is a sin or not, and so on. Leaving the school was emotionally light compared to Friday; being able to say “I’ll see you tomorrow” definitely brought some comfort.
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