Useless

I believe it is safe to say that one, true strength of mine is trivia. I was always good at Jeopardy. I tend to blurt out some insignificant detail in the course of conversation.

With my main project flailing the past year or so, change has definitely been welcome. When my friends Damon and Kat left, they introduced me to a place here in Atacames. It functions as somewhat of a hybrid between foster care and an orphanage. The place is called Aldea Infantil SOS (or SOS Children’s Village in English), look it up if you have the time. Now, with another outlet to spend my free time, I have been sticking to my strengths and teaching some of the kids some wonderfully trivial stuff.

1. Teaching valuable life lessons to the males by showing the ladies which way to the gym and flexing at the same time.
2. More information than is necessary about Michael Jackson, including the Youtube video of prisoners dancing to Thriller
3. Jackpot or 500 or whatever you used to call it at recess. (If you never have played this game, you need to rethink your life)
4. Computer games. From the old Gameboy emulator to Civilization and Warcraft III.

We have to fill out work reports to quantify the “good” work we have been doing here. How do you quantify being a big brother to children that need the attention? Either way, the numbers are not important to me. The time spent with the boys and girls- playing soccer or just hanging out- has been some of the most rewarding work I have done thus far. Who knows, by the time my service is up; I will sneak in something deemed useful.