el viejecito

This is Yunior, he is 13 and in my morning class. He lives in El Tamarindo, the neighborhood where our school is located. Yunior is such a character. He is one of the few children that I know in this country that actually uses his imagination. The pictures below show one example.

Yunior likes to pretend that he is an old man (un viejo). The first time he showed this was in Weston's English class. He came to class sporting a white beard and white eye brows. He used a cane and walked around imitating how an old man would walk. It is hilarious!

These pictures were taken when an Austin Stone group was here. Some of the members of the group along with some church members from Templo Biblico played a friendly basketball game with the city champs. Ryan King spoke during half time. There was a pretty good turnout, many people from the town came that we did not know, as well as our friends and students.

One thing that I quickly noticed while living in this country is that everyone will dress up in their best clothes whenever they go out. You will notice how well Yunior is dressed for this basketball game. This close up picture allows you to see the detail of his attire. There were a few people that actually thought that he was an old man!! He showed us his "old man power walk" and his struggling attempts to walk down the stadium seats. We all played along too, it was really fun and entertaining!!