Today we had our first meeting for our PCT mandated community service project. I was fairly surprised that ten young people showed up (albeit 40 minutes late because time is irrelevant in Latin America). They were laughing and engaged in the conversation. I didn't feel scared to speak to the kids because they'd rather ask me about the snow in Chicago than correct my grammar Angelica, the Language and Culture Facilitator for SanAn, helped us tell the kids what Cuerpo de Paz does and why we would want to work with the youth in the community. They all seemed on board with starting a service club, so 10 for San Antonio! You go, San Antonio! The real fun started after Angelica left. We asked the kids if they had any questions for the goofy Americans. They wanted to know our favorite food (pizza), favorite pastime (dancing with my friends), and what's the hardest word to say in Spanish (arrrrrrraiyan). We then surprised them by singing the pupusa song we learned in class today while cooking pupusas. Yes! Salvadorans love their pupusas so much they made a song about loving pupusas. Every Salvadoran must learn this song in the womb because their pitchy voices joined in with us. We were loud enough to challenge the thunder! And of course there was thunder, we're up to 5 times a day rainstorms. I hear September is even worse.... I still feel pretty crappy, but at least it was a good day. Here's some pictures of me and the others learning how to make pupusas during Spanish class!
Then you pinch it up into a ball, slap it flat again and cook on both sides until the corn mash part is brown. From left: Maria, Kai, Marcia, Asiha.
Me, all sweaty making pupusas.
The red stuff is tomato sauce. You usually eat pupusas with cortido (vinegar coleslaw) and tomato sauce made from boiled tomatoes in a blender. The things Salvadorans make with their blenders will surprise you...
Maria, looking like a pupusas advertisement. Hi Maria's mom!
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