(Sunday, June 27, Day 11)

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Phrase of the day: Oh my, Brian, El es muy bonito! Dice El!... Oh my, Brian, He is so handsome! Tell him!

Told! That was from my facilitator when I was showing her pictures of all of you. She said if you want a wife (and a 4yr old daughter), she has a home on the coast and a place in Quito… ha. The phrase didn’t actually happen today, it happened Friday, but my classmate reminded me of it when I saw her. (No worries, I couldn’t forget an offer like that). She and the class also said how good looking Rajib is, but no comments on pictures of me whatsoever. (I think they liked the ones at the pool… those sit-ups paid off! Zing).

Today was a huge day for the people here. All of the kids from kindergarten through high school danced in a parade. So we went to see everyone, but more importantly my little “sister”, Haydi. Her dance was naturally the best. All of the kids did local traditional dances, except for her school. They did Reggaton. Yeah, no idea how to describe it, but music like Daddy Yankee, if you know him. Definitely more club type music and dancing. All of the people liked it. And as you can see, I finally have a picture to show you! (Nathaly, Haydi, An??-don’t be surprised, Bolivar, Juan-cousin who is staying with us during his vacation).

And a few other pictures of the outfits:

Hope plans are coming along for the 4^th! I’m totally going to try and plan something tomorrow when I see all of the other trainees. I wonder where I can score some fireworks?