Arrival in Cuernavaca

Starting up my year with Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos with an orientation in Cuernavaca with seven new volunteers. Our orientation is filled with tours of the orphanages in Micatlan and Cuernavaca, and graduations of the kids from kindergarten and primary, secondary, and high school. Thursday was the last day of school, and we headed over to the high school for thier final presentations. After presentations each vocation (NPH has a vocational high school in trades such as child caregiving, accounting, and tourism) had a dance off. Here's the technology vocation kids in one of their stunts:

The graduation cermeonies were beautiful. All the children are honored and congratulated for their achievments with dtraditional dancing, a mass, and ceritificates. At the high school graduation on Saturday, the day concluded with a dinner and dance. The volunteers' awkward American dance moves definately entertained more than a few graduates.

Language school began today. A much needed review before diving into workin gwith the kids this upcomign weekend. I'll always have a funny acccent, but hopefully I can weed out teh grammatical errors more consistently.

The first five days have been a whirlwind. Already I'm in love wtih the state of Morelos. The daily rain, as expected in what is now rainy season, has made the moutinas burst with green. We're all in limbo. We've been introduced to our responsnibilites, coworkers, residences, etc., but don't officially start until this weekend when current volutneers ending their year here move on and we've completed our orientation.