Better then the date of my dreams!!!

Friday I was walking into town to wait for the bus to that goes to where Courtney lives to visit her for the weekend.  As I walked I was able to take off my gloves and hat and by the end of my walk I could even take off my jacket (it has been freezing everyday since I got here). It was a beautiful day! The sun was out and everyone was walking around. As I walked I experienced one thing that gives me great joy, seeing students outside of school. I walked by one little girl who said “hello”, I said “hello how are you,” it took all she had in her to say “I am fine and you” which is the typical response (like how we say muy bien gracias.) I walked further and passed by five boys playing futbol (soccer) and I heard “HELLO” and saw them waving as I walked by. I waved them on and yelled “hello” back. Next, I was walking and heard the cutest voice of a small girl and I looked across the street to one of the 1^st grade girls waving with a big smile on her face saying “Hello Jesi.” I walked the rest of the way with a HUGE smile on my face like the smile of girl who was just taken out on the date of her dreams! It makes me so happy to see relationships being built with my students, even though it is EXTREMLY hard to communicate with them most of the time J, It shows how important ACTION really are. They know I care about them because of the interest I show in their lives…that important!!!

Side note: I went to have a pastry at the bakery as I waited for by bus and a little boy kept running up to my table and talking spanish for a couple minutes and then going back to his parents, then he would run up to me again speak spanish and run back...I had NO IDEA what he was saying...so I just nodded with a smile!