Peru 2013: La casita

For weeks I didn´t know where I would live for the year. I have been staying in a Center, temporarily, until the volunteer house opened at the beginning of March. However, now my duties here have changed, and I can no longer live in the volunteer house. There was talk about me doing a home stay, or living in a small house on the school´s campus. But it has finally been decided...I will stay where I have been living! It is in a wonderful location, on a main street, near everything. To get to school, I just walk out the door, hop on the very crowded bus, and ride (sometimes standing!) for 7 minutes. There is a family living at the center, taking care of it. The parents are 36 and 37, so close to my age. They have two daughters, 15 and 1. The mother is a wonderful cook. They only food I haven´t liked was lentils (and I already knew I didn´t like lentils!). The center is used as a shelter for boys, but there has been talk about it not opening this year. So, we´ll have to wait and see if I´ll be living there with just the family, or with 8-10 adolescent boys.