Mother's Day in Chuiquel

I’m not sure if I mentioned that I teach English at a school in an aldea. Maybe some of you are asking yourselves what is an aldea. It’s basically a very rural area where there are mostly poor farm families. Some of their homes are made of adobe and there are very humble living environment. For example the school I teach in really isn’t a school; it’s a house that belongs to one of the other teachers. We only have 2 rooms with no doors and windows. The good thing is that we just got desks donated for the kids and I have a white board to work on.
I live in a bigger town and it takes about an hour to get to Chuiquel. I love going because the students are amazing. They blow my mind and I admire them so much. Their first language is Kachiquel, which is a Mayan language and then they learn Spanish as their second language. On top of that they’re learning English. I have 13 students in my class and their ages range from 12-16. I’m pretty impressed because they are really smart kids.
Mother’s day in Guatemala is celebrated on May 10, so the kids put together an incredible presentation for their mothers. I and the other English teachers helped them make cards in English to encourage their moms. Below you’ll see some pictures I took.