Life (So far) in Bolivia

Hey everyone! So we have finally gotten into the swing of things here in Bolivia. It is a very interesting place and we are very excited to get to know the captial a little more in the coming weeks that we will be continuing our work here. As we said before we are staying with a host family, and so far it is going pretty well. They are very nice company and are very helpful when one of us is feeling under the weather. Their house is about a 30 minute bus ride from the main part of the city, where everything is. So every morning we get on a bus that takes us to the main park in the city and it's just a short walk from there to the home that we are working in.
The home is run by a Catholic organization, and it is for troubled teenage girls. Most of which, have gotten into drugs, drinking, stealing, or similar things. To give you a better idea, basically the girls are there, because they are too young to go to jail. The youngest is around 11 and the oldest is 17. They literally cannot leave the home unless they are under high security. So our job is to better occupy their time, by playing games, singing songs, and just talking with them in general. It is on our personal agenda to make sure that they know that God loves them no matter what they have done. We made home-made bingo cards, which they loved! And lately we have been spending a lot of time teaching each other different games that we know. Many of the girls are interested in learning English, so occasionally we will teach them a few new things. We go from Monday through Friday both in the mornings and afternoon.
After our time with them in the afternoon we head to a local language school where we meet two Bolivian children. We speak to them in Spanish and they speak to us in English, so that we all can practice! That is for an hour every evening.
The town of Sucre is very relaxed and we are really starting to love it. Its relatively small yet diverse community is very helpful and welcoming. We were really surprised when we arrived and no one was staring at us, like in Peru. Its very strange, but we definitely aren't complaining. We are about 9000ft above sea level, and it is very easy to notice. The clouds seem so close.
Every day when we're walking to get the bus we pass almost every farm animal you can think of! It's so weird. You can find them randomly walking in the middle of the road at anytime of the day. There are sheep, goats, cows, chickens, pigs and donkeys, the piglets are the best part! There are also tons of kinds of dogs all over the place too.
Please keep praying for us! The altitude can be very difficult at times, mostly if we don't drink enough water throughout the day to stay hydrated. Also, we seem to be doing ok with the food, only a few bad incidents so far.