So I´m taking my title from Jessica.  These last few days have been full of typing lesson plans and reports and not too much else.
This morning, though, we did have a nice change of scene.  We went with a group of children from Las Pamplonas to a exibit on robots.  It was an interesting exibit, though at first it sounded a little strange - the idea was the show children how recycled items were used to make robots.  We went through the small exibit looking at various ¨robots¨made from various recyled things (old CD players, cell phone vibrators) and then we went to make our own robots.  With two styrofome cups, a small motor, a lot of tape and three markers we made robots that drew circles all by themselves.  
The children loved it.  It was great for them to be working hands on with something so cool.  Even the most jaded adolescent boy couldn´t help but love it.  The best part about it is that they got to bring their creations home.  Making something and being able to claim it and remember it is very empowering for anyone but they need the empowering.  This past week I´ve been finishing up the two books given to us by Johana and writing the required reports.  These books are about the program we are involved in with the children and by reading them and writing about them I´ve really been getting a better idea about the lives of the children we work with.  So many of them are working almost full time (especially since they don´t have school right now).  It´s hard to put the image of a child worker together with the faces I saw today, full of excitement.  With the adolescents, however, I am able to see it more.  I got to spend time today with some girls in Jessica´s sunday group and I see a reserved shyness in too many of them to be a part of their natures.  But that´s what La Casa de Panchita is about, reminding these girls (and boys) and women (and even men) that they are not actually subservient but are people with rights to opinions and voices.  

So now we´re finishing up the week (sunday- thursday is our schedual) but I want to hold on to time and slow it down.  I´m not yet ready to leave La Casa de Panchita or Peru.