The Week in Review

Wow, where to begin? It's been a crazy week. As many of you heard, Ecuador had a police strike yesterday in the entire country. There was also an attempt to run out the president, made by the police. It was a crazy day as many places were robbed and violence broke out since there was no police force. I live in Quito, but thankfully the orphanage did not have any issues yesterday. Today, things seem to have calmed down.
Also this week, my house was struck by lightning. It is rainy season here and every afternoon there is a pretty intense rain storm. On Tuesday, it was a particularly bad storm and that is when the lightning struck. So high adventure here! No damage to the house except for the internet modem thingy being burned out. So no internet for the past few days.
I have been really bad about taking pictures and I am going to attempt to be better at that. This past week has been a good week with the kids. I am helping with the special needs kids in the therapy pool once a week, and this has been really fun. They are awesome kids and love the water! Bubbles in the water are a big hit. I've also continued with the cooking classes that we were doing last year. We've already made and ate ants, butterflies, and today kiwi faces. Here are some pictures of the kids imitating the face that they made on the kiwis.