More news from the life of Benita Rose in the rich coast.
One day after my blog entry in March, then Juan came to me and said "Come with me" He went to the dormitory, pointing to a bed in which someone was asleep .. "... Because your friend is back," he said, grinning. It was Carlito. He then came back yet, and it was again taken up, but this time the last time, "said the Pastor (by 4 times). Around noon I went to him and hugged him, he told me he would have missed me. He was quite confused, could not really stand up ... He has a lot of smoke, was his excuse. I told him that he should lie down and sleep off the intoxication. Then it was like every time in its 39 847 visits to date. Last week, he then had an argument with Juan, then he is again cut off. Now he is back on the road. Now he is probably really can not come back. Shortly before, he had shown me his photo album in which pictures from the center 5 years ago, were with him on it. His story is there, really long. No one knows what will happen to him.
Carlitos and I
Eventually, I called again the mother of Rodolfo (Fofo) to.
Rodolfo was the first on my work, I had closed right in the heart. We had many wonderful conversations and even after he left the center, we were again together in the church in Alajuelita. Since only his mother a mobile phone is, I sometimes sign up with her. She told me that had a Rüchfall Fofo, more details I did not understand. He had now for 2 months in another center in Heredia and it would go very well. She has asked me to visit him. She told me that they do not know yet whether they will have the money for the bus to visit him Sunday can, but it would mean a lot to her when I go to him and talk to him and motivate him, it would also pleased him, he had recently asked for my number. I was very honored to have a mother like she sees in me a motivation for her son to face the fight against drug addiction. I had then met a day after the church service in Alajuelita and they seemed to really like it. I will do my best to visit him. I miss him a bit. He had cooked in my first months on the job for all. Since I have at the beginning of much help in the kitchen, he has taught me a lot of English, was very patient to me to explain anything several times until I understand it. And that he was a very good friend, but I am very grateful to him.
Then I was once again the hairdresser. Close to the center, near the village supermarket cuts, a nice Muchacha with 2 small children in their sweet-designed hallway of the house hair. Juan had brought me to her. Even the last time she had convinced me, as they blow me a haircut and style with perfect hair, including hair treatment and other creams for the equivalent of 3 euros conjured. I had cut my laces and left me the next morning to make time for fun curls. She told me that they Maikol (image), the "Loco" (Crazy), often near the school Don Bosco (a few hundred meters from the center looks). He had also arrived yesterday and asked for a sweater, probably because he was cold. Since he was the last time the sweater, which she has given him, has sold for drugs, she said no to him but gave him something to eat. In the center, I asked if they knew it. It has been confirmed. Emaciated he was. Kevin told me that he ran a few times already over the gate and asked for me. What he did is not known. At that time, he always told me that he was in love with me and gave me kisses. He also regularly gave me chocolate, flowers, bread or rolls of toilet paper as a token of his affection.
Also Carlos, an older man of about 2 months in the center was and who was always very discreet, I see more often recently in San Jose on the road. Once he has ignored me and another time he was sitting by the roadside and has eaten something. His face looked very used. I was very sorry. He was always very polite and gave me every now and again a daisy.
English classes has again its own flavor. Not least because Conocer (Konotschee spoken), which can move only very slowly, and can think only very slowly. He has always talks about how important and beneficial it is to learn something. A few English words he can not. At the end of class notes one that he was indeed obvious attention and wants to learn something, but in the end because of his physical and mental health (much drug use for many years) not at all be possible. Still, he tells me after every hour, "That was a great hour today, mi chiquita !"... finally, I wrote all the numbers in English with English translation on the board and asked something extra Conocer simple (I thought), "How do you say ten in English." It was indeed on the board. Conoce thought. I pointed to the table where it stood just on the word and asked him again. Then he said "Ten ... ten ... just preparing this word in English I always problems !"... ----- Smile in class ----
Then I asked him
even know how old he was then. "I'm 46," he said, already called Norman (an early retirees, who now wants to train men in Canaan) "Rubbish, 56 you are, Conocer !"... "I am 46th .." he repeated. "And when is your birthday?" I asked. He did not know he knew only that he is 46th What he is saying because then in 10 years that he's still 46?, I said. As he himself had to laugh. Well, I asked once again if it really 46 or 56, but he did insist that he was 46th Then I asked about his children, he had 2 "Chiquita" one of them is 35, the other younger. Two very pretty, it should be, according Conocer. Whether he was then his daughter has got 10 years ago, after I hacked. Yes, he did. Slight smirk on my part. I went into the office and looked at Wilberth Conocer's ID card. In addition to a frightening image of a profile quite obviously ailing, bearded old man, then was the birth of 52, after he, then, is 58th Conoce Norman came into the office and called for "Conocer, you're 58 !"... "What are you talking about, I'm 46" ... I told him "Here you are 52 is born Conocer, so you are 58 years !"... "Yeah, I'm 58!" he then said with conviction. I explained to him again shortly to make his birthday on 11.3. and strained his memory will not continue.
All week I was told then that Anthony was Sunday in the church and wanted to come this Sunday. Saturday night he called me, at last, and confirmed to me that he goes to church tomorrow. I will come, he said. He wants to see me happy and I thank him very much because I have helped, he said. His words were honest and made me very happy.
Sunday then we have seen us, and he looked fabulous. Lives with his sister works, and he is motivated to have a stable life. We were talking and he explained to me why he was finally gone, and how his life now looks like. He asked me again whether I believe in God believe. Then he said he would like that I repeat a few sentences from him, and while I say, I will open my heart to feel the words. Something of that nature, I asked why and he told me that after death in hell, if you do not believe in God. And since I was a great person so he wants me to believe in God and therefore go to heaven.
We also talked about his sister. Anthony had told me that he had shown her pictures of us two. I asked her if she has a boyfriend or husband. Yes, they have a man who has been 2 years in prison. As I once Checking: Tibas in (a suburb of San Jose) he has someone killed because of some drug stores. Although he is in prison but probably still has shops selling shares in drug and, therefore, the sister works at the moment and still does not receive money. It also has a new friend. His family is very poor, claimed Anthony. Sometimes he says something like "Benita, you know me so good with my pages. But much of what I did was very bad and this side of me that would not see me, you do not know me." He was not the first who gave me something of that nature once said, and that's me aware. As I said, behind every face infected and still was, especially among the people with whom I work.
Edwin cut with a razor blade Anthony's sideburns. His yellow sneakers I gave him recently, he was very happy about it. 
work except I train almost every day. A once a week I go to the training or to dance class with my friend Micah. A second time, informed us of Micah host brother David, who can dance very well. We provide them for one hour a week in German. Thus we have private lessons and we can only specialize in salsa and merengue. The days on which I work, boxing and dancing, are always long days, but there must be well-if there are many things at once will do.
Tuesday after the dance class were Michael and I at the bus station at Guadalupe and talked to us (obviously in German), as a 20 year old to the homeless, who comes from look and feel quite close to the men with whom I have every day at work and sometimes get in the spare time to spend my time came to stop. He asked all the people for change, we ignored it. While Michael and I talked, I heard behind me just a "Mae, que tiene esa culote gringa", which roughly translates as "age, which has for the American NEN ass, then!" means. I turned around and shocked I called him, "I am not American" counter. Quite shocked that I speak English, was just a "Oh ... ehhhh you Tica ??"... "NO!" I just answered ... "And .. uh, one question do you understand what I said ?"... "Yes." I called him only annoyed, as the rest cheered on the bus waiting people reacted very ghetto and his buddies just laugh, "What an idiot are you!" called out to him.
Now I also teach once a week for two hours in the evening, but this time the people of Alajuelita. After the pit so I came back yesterday after Alajuelita. I spoke with Juan, as a woman came and told us that behind the church again, "one was shot. I'm Just Checking and learned that for Saturday night someone was killed. The church, only again to refresh, is located directly behind the center, that is not at all so far away. The woman said that was a big police presence and they had been afraid to be stopped because they probably had with their driving license (which is not unusual!). "Yes, these are the drugs ...." came only from the experienced Juan.
Monday were then quite a lot of people, about 20 wanted to learn English. The pastor gave a speech to all, introduced me and said things that you teach us in school in Germany. He said it is important to learn a language. As an example, he claimed that I will be at a job interview probably made more as he would, as I speak 3 languages, he only one. He tried to motivate people. It was a speech for a poor village, the training is urgently needed. There were many young people, which surprised me. It showed me clearly that the circumstances in Alajuelita are just completely different than in Germany. And the church are ways .... Even my hairdresser told me recently how expensive it is, to have a car. That especially the people from Alajuelita not afford a car. I have also just introduced to the group and the guidelines briefly clarified that they have always come as once a week is very little, and if they do not take it seriously, they would rather save the Time to come at all and give another chance to come. The fact that you have to learn to learn, no one can learn that is unfortunately not a language. And of course the unpunctual Ticos again the announcement that I begin to Item 6 and Item 8 to stop, if someone does not interfere with your later and independently make up. All had understanding, more than the men from the center, where you have to regularly declare all 4 times. soon in Glastonbury, England. I will certainly not come very far, because I'm going to have to start with the alphabet, but the next volunteer can then continue the course.
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