Monday...off to work we go!

Hola! This is Kristen writing the blog for today! :)
This morning was Ann and mine´s turn to make lunch for the team so we had to wake up at 7:00 am to walk to Pete and Celinas`s house to make sandwiches. They were already up and expecting us. I was informed by Ann that I was too liberal in my jelly usage, but then later we confirmed to be superb sandwiches.
After breakfast, which was at our cafe where we eat everyday, we hopped on the city bus for another adventurous ride. In Mexico, they drive crazy on one way cobble-stone streets full of people. I was thankful to arrive at the church. We then got a ride from Israel, one of the drivers, to the School of Champions.
Today was day one of the sprucing-up the school project. We arrived and were asked to help set up the computers for the temporary computer lab. The school did have a computer lab set up, but they had been experiencing power surges which broke 3 computers, so they had to move it until they could fix it. And when I say computer lab, I don't mean the million dollar ones we have at home. I mean a 2 room building with dirt floors and one chalk board, which happens to have 6 computers in it. It was humbling to see how they saw that as rich, and inb America it would be considered poor.
After the lab was set up, we went to the old nursery. The building was abandoned because the program had flopped, and now they were going to permanently move their computer lab to the old nursery. We walked in and saw that the place was a mess!! They didn´t have a door, just a gate, so all the dirt blew in and covered everything. We started by moving all the garbage out onto the street. When we took the old, ratty toys that had been used in the nursery out to the street, the children swarmed and fought over the sad excuse of a toy. It made me very sad to watch it, because I have plenty of old toys which are way nicer than a rag doll and beaten up spider man.
After all the garbage was out, we started cleaning. Scott found three lizards and put them on his arm and shirt and continued to work! I stayed far away from him. We swept, mopped, whiped, and cleaned out almost everything in that building. Well, Ann, Susan and I did. The guys spent the whole time trying to fix a broken washing machine, and never succeded :)
After that we had lunch, and that is when I was informed of my exquisite sandwich making abilities. After that, Ann had to finish mopping so the guys and I went out to clean the playground. But before we made it out, Scott pulled a prank on me. He somehow had a rubber lizard with him, so he put it in my bag so when I reached into it I saw the lizard and jumped! It was funny....after. The team is plotting to get him back.
The afternoon was spent picking up garbage from the park. As we were working, the kids got out of school and came to play and talk with us. One girl even helped us clean! We have alot of cute photos of scott and I with the kids and playing on the playground. They practiced their English with us, and were proud to remember to say, "Bye bye" when we left.
All that's left to do today is to have our team meeting and have dinner. Tomorrow we will be doing alot more, even though we arrived at our hotel exhausted.
One last note: I gave everyone on the team Spanish nick names. Scott is Chameleon because of the lizards. Lionel is Leon, meaning lion, Susan is Dulce, meaning sweet, Keith is Señor Choque, meaning Mr. Shock, because he electrocuted himself today. The team has named me Princesa Ojo Azul, meaning princess blue eyes, and our fearless leader, Ann, is El capitan, or la protona, meaning the boss.