I think I'm in love!

If you havent already, please make your way to my Facebook and look at the little moosh who has won my heart! Wait, I just realized I have fallen in love with two different Panamanian mooshes and its only been like 3 weeks! Well, who is to blame when these little babies are giving me besos left and right and jumping into my arms like there is no tomorrow!?! And I aint complainin!
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I would have to say that Fridays and Saturdays are my favorite parts of the week because of the children's classes. I have one in Bello Amor on Fridays

(Bello Amor Class)

and one in Chappalla on Saturdays. I know its not appropriate to be picking favorites but Im totally in love with my kids in Chappalla. They are sooooooo lindooooo! (cute) And enthusiastic and happy and sweet and I just love love love them! Well I love all my kids. And I have so much fun with them even when they are rough housin, breaking chairs or fighting over crayons, and most of all, trying to communicate with me and getting frustrated because I dont understand them.

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Yesterday however, was wonderful! These kids are super shy, but I appreciate their efforts. All they need is a little push of encouragement. And by the end of class, their drawing you pictures of their interpretation of a story of Abdul-Baha during his time in Akka, and when asked to "Explicame" they tell me, this is the city, this is the shop, this is the merchant, and this is Abdul-Baha. Im left speechless, and once again these kids amaze me! We end out class with a few rounds of Raton y Gato. Im asked to be the first Gato, and I have no idea how to play the game, but these kids are troopers. They arent gonna give up on this gringo!

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I should mention, with all the service, I get a few breaks here and there too! I enjoy naps in hammica's, Pipa by the quarter, and unsuccessful attempts to see Mr. Seik perform my Panamanian jam "El Choke" but the adventures are all worth while! Even almost getting run over by crazy drivers tryna get pictures of McDonalds Panama steez!

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But back to service. Today, was amazing. These kids, I dont even have words to describe this group. But they are amazing. Absolutely amazing. They shine like the brilliant little estrellas that they are! And they're so enthusiastic to learn. They never complain and want to practice practice practice! They already have "O God guide me" memorized in Spanish so Im working on teaching them "Is there any remover of difficulties" in Spanish. Their brains just soak it up! I think its because they WANT to learn as well, which really inspires me to give these kids my all! They pick it up so fast, and before Im done reciting a line they beat me to the end to show me they're memorizing it! I high five all of them and spread encouragement. I want these kids to know their true potential! Their smiles are miles wide when they are praised and it makes me want to pick them all up and squeeze the life out of them!
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I almost squeeze the life out of their little chick too. I didnt realize it was chillin in this little plastic container next to my chair until I heard it squeaking. Take a look! As I sometimes refer to Isar, I just wanted to pop its head off it was so cute!

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After getting over my semi-attention deficit moment, we got back to work. I asked the kids to talk to me about qualities and characterstics that they thing are important in a good human being. With a little push, I had them talkin in no time! They were telling me its important to love your family, to help your parents, to me kind and loving to one another...Dime, que mas!?! Unidad, Bondad, Generosidad, Paciencia, Perdon, Amor por Dios!?! Those all sound about right dont you agree!?! The smiles on their faces seem to me that we've got it covered.

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Before we ended our class, we played a few rounds of Pato y Ganso (Duck, Duck, Goose) and Im kinda bad at it hahaha but I think the kids have more fun with it that way. And before snacks, I told my class that I'd like to end with a prayer, and if they could recite "O Dios Guiame" we'd call it a day! In unison, their mooshie little Spanish voices said the prettiest prayer I've ever heard! And with a few simple words of God,  I had the biggest, happiest smile on my face! After snacks and visiting, we said our goodbyes, and to my surprise, my little mooshes ran up to me and gave me besos left and right! As Goli would say, "eeee" they are sooo cute! And two of the girls said, "We love you alot" I almost started crying right there! Its a bittersweet goodbye, I really LOVE these kids. But its all in a days work my friends. Im out!