First day on the job and also first time realizing I'm using way too many firsts in my titles!

I've been here for 2 days but it feels like I've been here a week. I love it so much here! Last night in "casas" (ages 2 to 10) I got to meet Maria, Mercy, Linda, Carlitos, Christian, Dilan, and Wilson, basically the cutesy children ever to have lived. Mercy during dinner (I don't eat with the orphans but I help them eat) gave me her food and told me "Corta! Corta!" but I pushed it back explaining that I would eat later. 3 seconds later I remembered that corta meant "cut" and she was asking me to cut her meat... I also spent a good 25min singing to Maria today. These orphans are so happy and it's so hard telling them no to anything! I don't know how the nuns can be strict when the kids are so adorable. Yesterday I also worked in "Casa Esperanza" where all of the children are severely handicapped. Esperanza is such a perfect name for that place because all the children are so happy and hopeful. Lucy is a girl in a wheelchair who doesn't talk at all but she loves being pushed around the courtyard. You can tell because when you do her mouth turns into an enormous smile. If you work hard enough you can get her to laugh which is one of the most precious things ever. I'm having an awesome time and can't wait to start work in the morning! By the way I was thinking if you want to know anything specific about here just leave a comment and I'll answer it in my next post. Also I am gonna start an album on imgur but it's going to be private because of Ecuadorian law. If you want a URL or password just comment and I'll message you privately. Love and miss you all!