June 10

Today was super busy, but nothing different than what we have been doing lately. I 
went to Paul Harris this morning, it was really hard today. The kids decided to all act 
out today, at once. I had my hair pulled, a girl kept stealing my ponytail holder right 
out of my hair, I got head butted in the face, and one of the boys kept setting a car 
alarm off, on purpose. One of the teachers cars is always parked inside the complex, and 
he knew just where to hit it to set the alarm off. That is something I will not miss 
hearing so much. Car alarms go off so much here! I realized that is one of my pet peeves. 
That sound just gets under my skin. After Paul Harris finally ended, we went home and had 
a couple hours to kill before hogar de cristo. We taught English for the first half an 
hour then worked on the mural. It's coming, but it's a lot slower than I was hoping. It 
probably won't get all the way done tomorrow, but at least part if it. I will send 
pictures as we finish. 
I have really come to appreciate growing up speaking English. I have realized as I have 
tried to teach it, how hard it really is to learn. There are so many complicated rules in 
English that aren't really rules because they are broken all the time. And there are so 
many sounds that these Spanish speakers just don't have. But I still am impressed with 
how much these boys want to learn, some of them. Also, leaving hogar de cristo is always 
a very long process. They don't let us leave very easily! And we want to stay most of the 
time. I love those boys! I will be so sad to leave them. 
Tomorrow is the day! We leave for Lima around 5pm then the morning after we fly to cusco! 
Saturday is Machu Picchu! And Thursday the World Cup starts! That's irrelevant but still 
exciting. 
Anyways, that's all! I love you all! Also, I probably won't email tomorrow night, since I 
will be on a bus. 
Love you! 
Amber