Meeting Sr Eileen

Met the Irish nun this morning . Eileen Quirke of the Presentation sisters, from Kerry. (her brother is XXX Quirke who lives in Delwood Castleknock former Garda Inspector in Kevin St Garda Station) I had arranged to meet her at an nearby shopping centre, but I was across the road where the buses pull in. She got off a bus about 100 Yds away but you could spot the gringo at that distance! She hasn´t lost her Kerry accent. Had a pleasant chat with her for and hour plus . She is working primarily for the church training cathecists , preparing children for communion & confirmation . She had some insights in to Ecuador, and particularly family life and behaviour and problems. She´d confirm some of the views about family life that UBECI tries to address. She originally come out here in ´88, also had some suggestions of places to go. Will meet her again in a couple of weeks.
Unlike Sarah as a primary teacher, I don´t have the pleasure of cleaning bums, but instead many snotty noses, and in a way what is worst-- many kids in the markets with burnt faces-- burnt from the sun and the wind.
The process at the market school is when the kids arrive they first wash hands & face then sometimes one of the Ecuadorian organisers puts cream on their faces.
I am learning some nursery rhymes-- one is like "I´m a little teapot. " another is to the air of Frere Jacques
You would all love the dancing. Salsa.. meringe? and many others --can´t remember names- - and yes i have at least two left feet-- only one of the dances could i make any fist of.. There is a dance class on Tuesdays in the gym attached to the house, which starts and finishes with warm up/down exercises. The son of the house I am in went to Indiana university two weeks ago with a local dance troupe doing Ecuadorian & Bolivian dances at some congress. The cost of the dance class is $1 for the hour!!