Meet Lisela

So about those blog titles that I was supposed to have. I think they're over. I think the only one I'll stick to is the "Hola ___".... slowly introducing you guys to the people that surround me in this country. And I think I'll change it to "Meet ____." (I'll probably change my mind again, stay tuned)

Anyway. This is Lisela. Enjoy.

Lisela is a first grader in Profe Sarah, Profe Kelvin and Profe Belizeur's class. She's an extremely smart girl that is always  one of the first in her class to raise her hand with the correct answer. She has the kind of fresh/hilarious/sassy attitude that is only cute on a 6 year old. She has a little sister that's in Kindergarden at our school, and a baby brother who's almost 2 years. Her mother is very sweet and attends a church next door regularly. One of my favorite things about Lisela is her little raspy voice and how she pronounces every single syllable of every single word. She is wise beyond her years and always keeps us laughing.

(Photo taken by Pat Miles)

This is Lisela on the day we had our Makarios school Christmas presentations. The kids had permission to "dress up" in whatever they wanted, versus their uniform. Lisela arrived to school super unpleasant because she didn't think her pants, shirt, and shoes were cute enough (plus the pants were falling off  of her body). After Sarah walked her home, so that she could change into a skirt and different shirt.. she still was unhappy about the way she looked, and proclaimed that she was ugly. Pat pulled her aside to tell her how beautiful she was, and I immediately offered to take a photo with her, affirming her again how beautiful she was. She felt better for the rest of the day!

So blessed to work for an organization where we have the ability to encourage the self esteem of 6 year old girls.
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Thanks for reading! I'll be blogging everyday for my last week in the DR before I spend Christmas/New Years in the states. Hoping to make up for all the times I should have been blogging over the past few months! The blog posts will be short snippets of life here. Enjoy! (Also here's a link to yesterday's post in case you missed it.)