Better and Better. . . and Wheres the money going?¿?¿?¿?¿?

Things are going great! Besides the fact that sometimes during the day I'm falling asleep, because the night before I stayed up till three in the morning being teased, jumped on, scared out of my mind, tickled to death, and then laughing all at the end. . . . because my brothers (all four of them) are "only adjusting to having a sister" According to Bayardo they are just not used to it and don't really know what to do but they are starting to figure it out. . . .I guess I'm adjusting to having brothers too. Francie and I are close now and laugh at all the boys in the house and call them crazy, but of course the only two girls in the house. . . we're not crazy at all! MIra is also doing good, still very very tiny and very crazy. She is also in love with Derick, the oldest. Everything in the house is going good. Classes are going amazing. I love all my little children and I'm pretty sure they love me too! We have been learning colors, shapes, numbers, time, alphabet, family, and short sentences. With the little kids right now it is better to stick to simple vocabulary like food, family, and animals, because they really do not understand sentence structure. Today in class we are learning to write things in a birthday card and after, each student will make a card for Luisa, my best friend here because Monday it her 15th birthday (with a party on Sunday in the church) In Latin America the 15th birthday of a girl is very important. Luisa cannot afford the huge fancy party that a lot of girls have; actually she cannot afford anything for her 15th. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'm helping! NOw starts where the money that all my supporters have given me.
1. Luisa has many problems and comes to me very sad and crying a lot of time. It is very important to me to help Luisa and make her happy for her birthday. I am having a beautiful pink dress made for her, earrings and a necklace to match, and a few other things. I am also helping the pastor to organize a small ceremony for her in the church on Sunday so she can have a party.
2. Many of my friends have never been to the water park here or the movies or little things like that, that is very common for kids in the US to do every weekend. So every so often I'll take people to the water park, movies, or to eat pizza or other things that they really want to do but cannot pay for and probably never will be able to.
3. After class, I say all my goodbyes to my students and many hugs and then eventually they start to leave. There is more than one boy (and girl) who does this but one comes to mind. His name is Ervin and after class as I'm walking away, I feel a little tug on my shirt. . . "Teacher I'm soo hungry and have no food and no money and my mom cannot feed me." He also looks like he is about to pass out because he is so hungry. So Ervin and I go to the park every other day or so, and I buy him lunch, everything that he can possibly eat, which is not expensive at all. We sit in the park and he tells me about his life, and I make sure he eats enough. There are other boys and girls that I do the same thing with.

Everything is good here and getting better every day. I have had no problems but one. It is soooo hard for me to see so many people who need help and who are not happy. Everyday Luisa or someone else come to me and tells me about their problems and cries and wants a hug. Or a kid tells me how hungry they are. I want to help so much and sometimes i just don't know what to do. BUT .. . .. I'm figuring it out and doing the best I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!