May 19th, SOMETHING AMAZING IS ACCOMPLISHED!!

I was up at 7am, and immediately started folding t-shirts. There was a giant garbage bag full of fresh t-shirts that needed folding. I was quite diligent until 11 or so when I finally finished. In between folding though, I did sneak in breaks. I went to the beach and saw two turtle releases with all the children. It never gets old and they never ever stop being adorable. Even the parents are just as into it as the kids. After folding and a little bit of beach time, I helped get breakfast ready. I love eating later here, when you accomplish things first, work up an appetite, and then eat. Breakfast wasn't too eventful until the end...THEN SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED.
I managed to get Fernando to sit down for 2 hours. We did the most beneficial thing yet for his camp and purpose: I became the accountant, and we went through all of the expenses of the camp, and each source of income they had. I wrote everything down.
This is something that had been put off numerous times, always getting out of sitting down by saying it was important but quickly removing himself from the room to do something else that was important. This time was different. As we were finishing breakfast, I brought it up with a smile and a light attitude. His response, "yes, yes that is very important." came so naturally that he didn't expect my retort. I said "yes. It is very important. If we are going to get any money from America, we need this", followed by his enthused "oh yes, i hope so!". I then moved us bak into the house and told him to stay right there..that I would be right back with my laptop so we could get this done.
I came back and his puffing away on his cigarette told me he wasn't looking forward to doing this-This thing he had spent 35 years successfully not doing.
I outlined and organized a word document and got down to business. We started by listing the expenses during his 6 busiest months and regressed into the relatively un-eventful 6 months
met tanya(?). she's from mexico city but living in tecolutla because she feels a higher spiritual being has brought her here. she tells me she loves her country and that it is one of the most beautiful places on earth, in which I completely agreed, but said it's pretty screwed up with a smile. I smile back and say...yeah...that government of yours. We both laugh in agreement.
Irma got home around the same time we were finishing up the financial stuff, which meant it was time to prepare dinner. I had been planning to spend my evening at the combined spanish and english class I was now going to be having with roberto, and ramido. Felix called during dinner though to say he wasn't feeling well so we ended up staying in.
Later that evening, Roberto and I went to get Horchatas at the best stand in Tecolutla to get them. We then walked over to Hotel Tecolutla (Thanks for the rec. Nancy!!) and explored. He's so persistent that I keep speaking and practicing, I really feel like I have no choice but to speak.
It's a good thing, but lets just say I am excited about the arrival of two of my favorite English speakers- My mom and younger brother, Will. They fly in on Thursday, and will be in Tecolutla this Friday!!! You never realize how much you miss a persons voice until you don't hear it for 3 weeks.
Now it is bedtime. Tomorrow...I fold pamphlets.