We weren´t able to make it to an internet cafe yesterday so this update will be about both days.

Yesterday was the more interesting of the two - we really got to experience another aspect of La Casa de Panchita.  First, however, we had a meeting with Blanca, Agata and some of the promoters of La Casa de Panchita (women who spend their weeks in the poor districts of Lima recruiting women and children, building relationships with them and involving them in programs in La Casa de Panchita.)  We planned out our month and we were wrong to be worried that we were going to be doing mostly paperwork.  We are going to be visiting San Juan de Miraflores, one of the principle neighborhoods mentioned before, amoung others and going with Agata to a school (or something, I didn´t understand completely).  Next week we are also going to be visiting a woman named Beatriz.  Beatriz was one of the women who benefited from La Casa de Panchita.  She was a long-time domestic worker for a family but when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer they fired her without a pension, leaving her with no money and no place to stay, as she has no family in Lima.  So la casa took her under their wing and set her up with a place to live.  They also take donations of food and supplies to keep her sustained and visit her regularly.  I´m excited to meet her.

So after this meeting we went to one of the workshops they hold for women who work in homes.  A lot of these women find themselves lost when they start working in the homes of others. For example, the families may have appliances they´ve never used before or need them to do things they´ve never done.  These workshops are basically to teach them things they may need to know.  Jessica, Emily and I all sat in on the class talking with them women and doing our best to help`when they had questions.  
I spent the rest of the day with my sunday group planning next sunday´s activities, which will be more or less the same.  They taught me how to sew since I need to actually help the children do that next week instead of telling them to ask Beto.  

Today was mostly organizing all the materials in La Casa that have become disorganized over time.  It took all day and wasn´t too interesting, but we got to chat and listen to music and we were doing work that needed to be done.  We also met with Agata and Saija (another foreign volunteer from Finland) about the English Lesson Plans and they had a few helpful suggestions.  
Now it´s the weekend and we may not be able to update for a few days because we might be a little too busy sunning ourselves on the beach.

chau!