Guatemalan Kids - Part 2

Today after Spanish class we came home for lunch, finishing it as quickly as we could. After we finished lunch, most of the group just put their homework aside and we went into our town, San Pedro a las Huertas. We dropped Michelle of at the town square, so she could do her "studying" in peace. We went up to the place we went to last time. Up the hill, to the end of the road, where the cemetery is, and then right to the end of that road, where the kids live. There was only one at that moment, but then they all started to come out: the two Brians, Adonai, Cindy, Maria, and Alexander. It was a joy to see them all come out again. Not all of them were there, and they all didn't stay the whole time, but there were also new kids and friends to be made. We communicated and played with them for a while, then we decided to take a little walk. We went up the street with them to an enclosed house where the kids thought wolves lived; in reality they were actually big dogs that barked really loud, but we ran in fear. We ran to a tree in fear for our lives and acted like monkeys for quite a while. We talked some more, played some more, ran a lot, and took photos, until it was time for a new location. We went through some trees to a clearing where we thought we could play some soccer, but once we arrived, one of the kids apparently said that some filthy, rich American owned a house, just down the way and might whip out his shotgun if he caught us on his property; at least this is what I understood, I may be wrong. We then traveled to the horse's stables, which were just across the street from the kids house. John and I started bugging a Brian and Alexander, saying that horses eat little Guatemalan boys with black hair and brown eyes. I think they reversed the joke and started saying how they eat tall, white gringos. After some time at the stables we walked back to the town square with my two personal favourites: Maria and Alexander. We played some more in the square, as we met some of their other friends in the square, and we also met up with Michelle again. I let Alexander and Maria run around the square practicing their photography; they aren't half bad. Everybody was heading home for supper, but Jasmin and I weren't ready to go yet. We stayed and played in the central square a bit longer with all the kids, then Jasmin and I walked Alexander and Maria to their aunt's house (which is on the way to our house) and then said goodbye until next time. It was an awesome day, just playing and communicating with the kids. It is nice to get outside of the house every once and a while, and immerse myself in the culture and kids that I came down here to see.