Saturday, June 15, 2013

Yesterday, June 14, we went to the second site.  It was very different from the first site.  For one we were no longer high up in the mountains or near a volcano, so we really didn't have any smoke in the air.  The new site was in farm country.   There was a lot of corn, cabbage, and quineou, hopefully I spelled that right.  They plant down steep mountain sides.  It seems like it would be difficult to harvest the crops, especially since they have to go down the steep slopes and then take the crops up hill.
When we got to the new site, Maopote, again I'll have to check my spelling, we were greeted by kids in their best clothes.  They all stood in the square and the local teacher gave us a welcome speech.  Set up didn't take us long, but since we were late in getting there due to one lane dirt roads and switchbacks.  Really the driver was asked to drive slow, so he wouldn't terrify us.  Double yellow lines don't mean much here.  Anyway, the kids were super excited to get their shoes and socks or even two pair of socks if we didn't have shoes to fit.  I was supposed to be in children's in the morning and socks and shoes in the evening, but due to the late arrival, I spent the entire afternoon in socks and shoes.
Today was a different story.  On our way we got a flat tire, so half of us walked about twenty minutes to the village.  Half of it was downhill, but the other half was uphill.  It was a gorgeous walk.  The lush vegetation and river created a peaceful atmosphere.  Once at the village, I went to pharmacy.  It was interesting and I really liked helping there.  Mainly I gathered the necessary pills for the patients and counted pills.  The afternoon I was back in socks and shoes.  There weren't that many people for shoes so we played with Alex, Anita, and two new soldiers.  Alex kept cracking me up.  She layed across Natasha and played like she was sleeping.  We also took group pictures and a few fun and crazy pics.  Then Alex drew eyebrows, a goatee, and a mustache on Jason.  Basically we were all having fun.

So since its late here, I think I'll finish this tomorrow.  Until then.

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