Lasts

At this time in our service we start running into a lot of lasts. Earlier this month we taught our last classes, then we proctored our last finals, now we are calculating grades and filling in all those tiny boxes on the grade sheets for the last time. Eventhough the school year is almost over it doesn’t feel like it for us yet since we still have our big English Theater competition coming up the day after school officially ends. We’ve held practices every day this week to get ready, and spent last weekend down in the city running around trying to take care of all the details, buying soda, ordering lunches, making reservations at the hotel, picking up all the T-shirts we ordered, coordinating transportation. All these things are so much harder here when cell network drops for hours at a time, shops close at random hours, the person in charge never shows up, and in general people keep claiming it’s too early to plan things until the week before our event. Luckily the Padres are hosting English Theater at the mission and they have a proactive mindset more in line with ours. They are giving us lots of support, like driving us around in their truck and letting us stay in our little VIP room at the mission. If you’re wondering why we’ve posted so many pictures lately, its probably because they have wireless internet. It’s recharging spiritually to hear about all the projects the Padres have been able to accomplish and joking around about life in Africa as we eat meals together at their long dining table. You can think of us on Saturday when we finish this, our last secondary project, and finally start to feel like we’re done with Peace Corps.