Viva la Gente

Hi, this is Carol-Kelly's mom. I spoke with Kelly on the phone this morning. She is currently unable to blog due to the unavailability of the internet. I promised her that I would post for her. All of the crew are in La Paz on the Baja peninsula in Mexico, Kelly arrived on Monday night. When she called me she said that she was looking out over the pool at the very, very blue water of the Gulf of California. She is staying in a house with four other American girls from AZ, WI, TX & MN. Her host mother is Maggie and she speaks only Spanish.

For her regional learning this week, she visited among other things a cathedral, a gorgeous beach and went jet skiing. She really enjoyed her first community impact in La Paz which was visiting a nursing home. They sang with the residents and she had to communicate entirely in Spanish.

Today they worked with Mobilize Mankind which is a small non-profit organization dedicated to assisting children with physical challenges and limited resources access their environments by recycling used children's orthopedic equipment and assistive technology.

She also did a mini-promo show with 20 cast members on the beach. She said that Viva la Gente is very popular in Mexico and they are treated like rock stars. They even get to sign autographs. Kelly is finding it very challenging but also exciting, communicating in Spanish. She said that her head hurts at night from all of the concentration. She is however, going to attempt to greatly improve her conversational Spanish by the end of her 6 weeks in Mexico.

Their next show is Saturday night and their next stop is Cabo San Lucas on the tip of the peninsula. Perhaps she will have access to the web while she is there. Thanks for keeping up with her.