Marguerite's second day teaching.

I got a lesson again about the commandment of the Peace Corps about how thou shalt be flexible. 
I was  giving a talk with my community volunteer in a village in the campo (in the country) in the community center.  So  I was quite busy and preoccupied with 10 kids which takes a lot of concentration when you are speaking in a foreign language or trying to.  I finally noticed that people were coming in and moving chairs and furniture, and many were wearing their finest.  The community volunteer explained they were preparing for a meeting.  After awhile a lady came over and asked  us to lower our voices.  As it turned out they were starting a Mass for a person who had passed away.  When we realized that a mass had started already, we quickly moved our stuff and I continued with the class outside.  Then I  noticed that we were beginning to have some new group members called chanchos (pigs).  Actually three little pigs, the size of  German Shepherds, but fatter. Animals of all types  in many villages are free range (really free range), which means your yard, front porch, etc.  Fortunately, the chanchos got bored pretty fast, and moved on.  The goats would have been more of a problem as we would have had to hold on to our papers.  Your class is in trouble when the goats butt in.   Also, I imagine "The dog ate it" would bring on new meaning.
 Anyway, we continued our class.  Then the kids wanted to learn some English:  they stayed over almost an hour to have an impromptu English class.  They seemed so proud of their newfound words, and I left feeling so good and had a smile on my face (oui, oui, oui) all the way home.  MW