Ludoteca

So, I met Milton this morning and we sat down with Wilma and Beatriz, the president of the church council and discussed how I am going to spend my time. Wednesday and Thursday, I will be spending all day at La Obra Ecumenica teaching Math in the mornings and English in the afternoons. Tuesday and Saturday I will spend at Nuestro Salvador Lutheran Church doing Bible studies (when my Spanish improves) and visiting with children in a community.
After we figured that out, Milton took me to La Obra for the day. Milton was in Europe until Wednesday afternoon. He is married and has a 2 year old son and a baby on the way. They will find out what they are having soon and the baby is due in January! He said I am going to be a part of his family, so I am really excited to play with the new baby.
Today was a special day at La Obra, even though I didn´t know before I got there. This week was the anniversary of the death of Padre Cacho, who did a lot for this area. So, to celebrate his life, they have a Ludoteca. I also had no idea what a ludoteca was until today. It is basically a carnival. There were probably about 15 schools invovled, and each school set up games for the kids to play, then the kids walked around and did what they wanted. The games La Obra Ecumenica brought to play were TaTeTi and Ludo. Ta Te Ti is Tic Tac Toe. However, this was human Tic Tac Toe. Two teams put on two different colors and played this game. Again, like kids in the US, they were very excited to play, but not to listen. But somehow, soon after this game began, I found myself to be the only adult around. With my limited Spanish I had to organize these kids to play this game and keep them under control. This was hilarious for everyone involved except for me. I can laugh about it now, and wish I had been on the other side of this. Anyway, the kids had fun, even though it was FREEZING and drizzling the whole time. I can´t wait for spring! They keep saying it won´t be cold for much longer, but I am starting to have my doubts.