Sunday, June 22, 2008
Macas Again!
Hey! Tomorrow I'm headed off to Macas again, so don't expect any more updates this week. Isaac got 4 news kids in 2 days including a 2 month old, 2 who were caught stealing (but, I'm told are very sweet kids), and one with epilepsy. So along with the other 7 things are pretty busy. Another volunteer, Joy is going too! I'm SUPER excited! Macas is much warmer and a bit more laid back than here in Riobamba. Anyway.. keep sending the e mails! I love hearing from everyone. Hasta Luego! :)
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A Night on the Town :)
Hi Everyone! So, the good news first.. Last night was a lot of fun! There are a group of 5 volunteers here from Canada for a few weeks, and one from North Carolina that will be here until August. It's been nice having other "gringos" to converse and hang out with. The Canadians invited us Americans out to dinner with them. They taught me how to ride the buses and which ones take me to the orphanage, center of town, etc. They're staying in a nice hotel downtown for $8.99 a night per person. Anyone want to come visit me?!? :) We were walking to catch a bus and it started to POUR! We were soaked within 5 minutes and we hadn't even begun to find a place to eat or run the errands we needed to do, nevermind finding the right bus!!
Anyway...we decided we wanted to go out for street food. We've heard all the warnings about eating street food, but decided to take the risk anyway. (In case you're wondering, we're all feeling fine today. :) As we walked along the road a guy started clearing a table for us and was very persistent, as well as rather funny and amusing so we decided to eat there. 3 of them ordered "Guatitas" which is a potato and cow stomach soupy-ish thing over rice. They said it was good! *shrug* I stayed safe with fried chicken. We also had DELICIOUS cheese empanadas. :) Interestingly, I noticed a guy faking a disability to beg for money on the streets. He was standing around talking to his friends one minute, and the next was on a special bike for someone who can't use their legs. It has three wheels and has handlebars so that you crank with your hands instead of your legs to move. He hopped onto that, letting his legs dangle and went off to beg. It was an eye opener to me, as I often feel very compassionate toward people who I see on the street begging, especially when they're handicapped in that sort of way. Anyway..we finished the night by getting ice cream, and then headed home.
Unfortunately, one of the little boys here is very, very sick. In fact, the doctor gave hime 15 days to live. He's been sick his whole life and was severely malnourished as a baby. He was in the hospital as a baby and the nurses would give him food, but his mother would go in the room and eat it instead. The Allans daughter has been taking good care of him since they got him, but on Monday he was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis which means that he has really thick mucous in his lungs, making it hard to breathe. Right now he also has pneumonia, so it wasn't looking good. Everyone here has been praying for him, and he's starting to look much better! You can keep him on your prayer list too!
The Canadian team here wants to climb the volcano Chimborazo next week, so I think I might do that with them. They're going out to eat lunch today...an Ecuadorian delicacy...cow testicles. yuuuuuuuuuck. I'm not that crazy!! Anyway.. I miss you guys all like crazy! Write to me! I hope to hear from you! I love getting e mails from home!! :) Hasta Luego!
Anyway...we decided we wanted to go out for street food. We've heard all the warnings about eating street food, but decided to take the risk anyway. (In case you're wondering, we're all feeling fine today. :) As we walked along the road a guy started clearing a table for us and was very persistent, as well as rather funny and amusing so we decided to eat there. 3 of them ordered "Guatitas" which is a potato and cow stomach soupy-ish thing over rice. They said it was good! *shrug* I stayed safe with fried chicken. We also had DELICIOUS cheese empanadas. :) Interestingly, I noticed a guy faking a disability to beg for money on the streets. He was standing around talking to his friends one minute, and the next was on a special bike for someone who can't use their legs. It has three wheels and has handlebars so that you crank with your hands instead of your legs to move. He hopped onto that, letting his legs dangle and went off to beg. It was an eye opener to me, as I often feel very compassionate toward people who I see on the street begging, especially when they're handicapped in that sort of way. Anyway..we finished the night by getting ice cream, and then headed home.
Unfortunately, one of the little boys here is very, very sick. In fact, the doctor gave hime 15 days to live. He's been sick his whole life and was severely malnourished as a baby. He was in the hospital as a baby and the nurses would give him food, but his mother would go in the room and eat it instead. The Allans daughter has been taking good care of him since they got him, but on Monday he was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis which means that he has really thick mucous in his lungs, making it hard to breathe. Right now he also has pneumonia, so it wasn't looking good. Everyone here has been praying for him, and he's starting to look much better! You can keep him on your prayer list too!
The Canadian team here wants to climb the volcano Chimborazo next week, so I think I might do that with them. They're going out to eat lunch today...an Ecuadorian delicacy...cow testicles. yuuuuuuuuuck. I'm not that crazy!! Anyway.. I miss you guys all like crazy! Write to me! I hope to hear from you! I love getting e mails from home!! :) Hasta Luego!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
June 17, 2008
hmm....I really want to put pictures up but it hasn't worked all week. Sorry!
Well, it's been another crazy few days. A group of 5 volunteers showed up Sunday and they're going to be helping for the next 2 weeks. Plus yesterday another volunteer from North Carolina came. She'll be here for 6 weeks or so, so that means I have a roommate now! It's been fun translating for the people who don't speak Spanish. :)
I can't really say that being here is easy. I love the kids! They're fun, very sweet and helpful, but I miss home. Sometimes I don't even feel like I'm in Ecuador. It's often chilly or cold, there are a lot of white people around, and probably half of the kids speak English.
I went with a worker yesterday to bring two of the babies to the doctors. Several of them have bad colds and one has pneumonia so they're pretty cranky. Hmm...there's not a whole lot else. Same old... but hey! I miss you guys so send me e mails letting me know what you're up to!! I love getting e mail from home! :)
Well, it's been another crazy few days. A group of 5 volunteers showed up Sunday and they're going to be helping for the next 2 weeks. Plus yesterday another volunteer from North Carolina came. She'll be here for 6 weeks or so, so that means I have a roommate now! It's been fun translating for the people who don't speak Spanish. :)
I can't really say that being here is easy. I love the kids! They're fun, very sweet and helpful, but I miss home. Sometimes I don't even feel like I'm in Ecuador. It's often chilly or cold, there are a lot of white people around, and probably half of the kids speak English.
I went with a worker yesterday to bring two of the babies to the doctors. Several of them have bad colds and one has pneumonia so they're pretty cranky. Hmm...there's not a whole lot else. Same old... but hey! I miss you guys so send me e mails letting me know what you're up to!! I love getting e mail from home! :)
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Macas
Hi again,
I haven't written for awhile because last week they sent me to the little town of Macas. It's a little city on the outskirts of the jungle. We took a 5 and a half hour bus to go about (I think) 500km...which (I think) is just over 200 miles. The reason it took so long is because just about the whole road is dirt and it winds around the mountains. As we road, we were literally at times about 10 feet from falling thousands of feet off cliffs- no guard rail or anything! The REALLY fun part is when another bus is coming from the other direction and they pass each other baaaaarely fitting. There was one point when we went in a tunnel through a mountain, and also drove through several little streams. It was so cool! And the SCENERY!!! Wow...what a blessing to see God's creation of the mountains and valleys along the way. A lot of it reminded me of scenes from Lord of the Rings. Other parts I just kept thinking about how much my dad would enjoy the ride because we would pass farm after farm. It was really interesting to see how they would plant things on the slopes of hills. It looked like a patchwork quilt the way it was set up. When I bring me laptop down I'll post pictures so you can see.
The reason I went to Macas is because the Allan's son started an orphanage there sometime last fall. It's very small with only 7 kids. Isaac needed to go to Riobamba to get some new documents (his wallet was stolen with his drivers license, etc.) Plus, there's a new truck here waiting for him to bring back to Macas. Their older daughter Naomi was supposed to go, but the morning she was going to leave she was sick. So, instead their other daughter Zoe who is 19, plus one of the older boys who lives here (14 yrs), and I went in her place.
To make a long story short...Isaac didn't end up going to Riobamba because one of his kids, a 6 year old boy with cerebral palsy was very sick. In fact, the night he was supposed to leave Isaac brought the boy to the hospital instead and we found out that he had pneumonia. He was having a hard time eating and seemed to be in a lot of pain. THey wanted to keep him in the hospital, but there weren't enough beds!! So they sent him home. The trip wasn't in vain though... Isaac wouldn't have been able to bring the boy to the hospital that night if we hadn't been there because there wouldn't have been anyone to watch the other kids. We stayed until Friday morning and hitched a bus back to Riobamba. Naomi will go down to stay next week sometime I think so Isaac can run the errands he was supposed to do last week.
IT was SOOOO cool being in Macas. In the backyard there were all kinds of exotic things growing. Some, for example, included a really sweet type of banana (different from what we have), papaya, wild cilantro, sugar cane! (which we cut down with a machete and ate a few times), a berry called "Mora" which looks like a black raspberry and tastes like a raspberry, a yusera (I don't know how you spell that) tree that people use the roots to make a hot drink with, as well as all kinds of beautiful flowers. I took all kinds of pictures to show my dad!
Our responisbilities if Isaac had left would have been to make sure the workers who clean, cook, and watch kids were doing their jobs the right way as well as the bring the girls to school and pick them up, buy groceries or medicine if needed, etc. So Isaac showed us how to do all of that. The kids were great and I really enjoyed getting to know them. BEcuase of the confidentiality agreement I have with the University I can't post any pictures of the kids. Sorry!!
Interesting story....on the way back from Macas we were riding on the bus. About two hours into the trip a little red truck went driving by us. The bus stopped and a few people with matching shirts got on. (They were white and green and looked like some sort of nature conservation kind of people or something...i don't really know.) But anyway..they got on the bus and even started talking to a few people in the front who they must have known. It seemed normal becuase the bus is often stopping and picking up or dropping people off. As they walked to the back of the bus one of them bent over to look at my friend who was curled up asleep in the seat beside me. They went a few seats further and started shouting at some skinny guy with a pink button up shirt. They said "WHere is it?? Give it back now!!" and He kept insisting he didn't know what they were talking about.. SO they took the bag he had, opened it, and took out a laptop that was in it. THey they started asking about the camera "Where's the camera...c'mon..give us the camera..." He didn't give them a camera so they made him get off the bus with them and who know what happened after that. IT was exciting! I didn't know what was going on so when they started demanding his camera...I took the one that i had in my hand and hid it in my bag! I didn't want them to demand my camera too!!! :oP Zoe told me that they treat theives here really bad...and in some places even burn them alive ?? IT seemed strange to me because people here are always getting robbed. The saying is "get what you can, when you can get it."
I haven't written for awhile because last week they sent me to the little town of Macas. It's a little city on the outskirts of the jungle. We took a 5 and a half hour bus to go about (I think) 500km...which (I think) is just over 200 miles. The reason it took so long is because just about the whole road is dirt and it winds around the mountains. As we road, we were literally at times about 10 feet from falling thousands of feet off cliffs- no guard rail or anything! The REALLY fun part is when another bus is coming from the other direction and they pass each other baaaaarely fitting. There was one point when we went in a tunnel through a mountain, and also drove through several little streams. It was so cool! And the SCENERY!!! Wow...what a blessing to see God's creation of the mountains and valleys along the way. A lot of it reminded me of scenes from Lord of the Rings. Other parts I just kept thinking about how much my dad would enjoy the ride because we would pass farm after farm. It was really interesting to see how they would plant things on the slopes of hills. It looked like a patchwork quilt the way it was set up. When I bring me laptop down I'll post pictures so you can see.
The reason I went to Macas is because the Allan's son started an orphanage there sometime last fall. It's very small with only 7 kids. Isaac needed to go to Riobamba to get some new documents (his wallet was stolen with his drivers license, etc.) Plus, there's a new truck here waiting for him to bring back to Macas. Their older daughter Naomi was supposed to go, but the morning she was going to leave she was sick. So, instead their other daughter Zoe who is 19, plus one of the older boys who lives here (14 yrs), and I went in her place.
To make a long story short...Isaac didn't end up going to Riobamba because one of his kids, a 6 year old boy with cerebral palsy was very sick. In fact, the night he was supposed to leave Isaac brought the boy to the hospital instead and we found out that he had pneumonia. He was having a hard time eating and seemed to be in a lot of pain. THey wanted to keep him in the hospital, but there weren't enough beds!! So they sent him home. The trip wasn't in vain though... Isaac wouldn't have been able to bring the boy to the hospital that night if we hadn't been there because there wouldn't have been anyone to watch the other kids. We stayed until Friday morning and hitched a bus back to Riobamba. Naomi will go down to stay next week sometime I think so Isaac can run the errands he was supposed to do last week.
IT was SOOOO cool being in Macas. In the backyard there were all kinds of exotic things growing. Some, for example, included a really sweet type of banana (different from what we have), papaya, wild cilantro, sugar cane! (which we cut down with a machete and ate a few times), a berry called "Mora" which looks like a black raspberry and tastes like a raspberry, a yusera (I don't know how you spell that) tree that people use the roots to make a hot drink with, as well as all kinds of beautiful flowers. I took all kinds of pictures to show my dad!
Our responisbilities if Isaac had left would have been to make sure the workers who clean, cook, and watch kids were doing their jobs the right way as well as the bring the girls to school and pick them up, buy groceries or medicine if needed, etc. So Isaac showed us how to do all of that. The kids were great and I really enjoyed getting to know them. BEcuase of the confidentiality agreement I have with the University I can't post any pictures of the kids. Sorry!!
Interesting story....on the way back from Macas we were riding on the bus. About two hours into the trip a little red truck went driving by us. The bus stopped and a few people with matching shirts got on. (They were white and green and looked like some sort of nature conservation kind of people or something...i don't really know.) But anyway..they got on the bus and even started talking to a few people in the front who they must have known. It seemed normal becuase the bus is often stopping and picking up or dropping people off. As they walked to the back of the bus one of them bent over to look at my friend who was curled up asleep in the seat beside me. They went a few seats further and started shouting at some skinny guy with a pink button up shirt. They said "WHere is it?? Give it back now!!" and He kept insisting he didn't know what they were talking about.. SO they took the bag he had, opened it, and took out a laptop that was in it. THey they started asking about the camera "Where's the camera...c'mon..give us the camera..." He didn't give them a camera so they made him get off the bus with them and who know what happened after that. IT was exciting! I didn't know what was going on so when they started demanding his camera...I took the one that i had in my hand and hid it in my bag! I didn't want them to demand my camera too!!! :oP Zoe told me that they treat theives here really bad...and in some places even burn them alive ?? IT seemed strange to me because people here are always getting robbed. The saying is "get what you can, when you can get it."
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Hospital Ministry
Hi Again!
Things are going well here at the Ark! I've been working with the toddlers the last few days and boy are they a handful! The things that go on with the toddlers remind me of the tv show John and Kat plus 8- a family with sextuplets and a set of twins!!
Last night I went with the Allan's daugher Naomi to a hospital ministry that she's involved in. People from churches throughout Riobamba get together to visit people in the hospital and give them food and tea. It started at 8 I think, but we arrived late. We listened to a short message and then sang some worship songs, as well as played some games to get to know one another. In fact, they told me that they wanted me to play a game- so I went up front and they said "okay! sing!" It was funny, and a bit random. I tried to play a game that I learned in Guayaquil with them called "Conoces a Juan" but it didnt really work. We headed over to the hospital where we handed out bread and tea on 3 different floors. It was akward for me because the hospitals at home are so private and you can't just walk in to talk to someone. We went from room to room visiting people, chatting with them if they were up to it. I was with one of the group members and we stopped to talk to a woman who was pregnant and thinking about having an abortion. She was in the hospital because she got pregnant and her boyfriend told her to get rid of the baby and she didn't want to, so he got drunk, beat her up, and threw her out of the house. It was a terrible story, but the guy I was with chatted with her about the hope have in Jesus and that God has a purpose for every human life, even the ones that haven't been born. Her and her friend prayed to accept Christ! It was a really neat experience for me. The other cool part was that she was actually from Guayaquil. From the sector called "Florida" that I would pass going from Rosa and Victor's house to Mapasingue where Pastor Dario's church is. When my friend was telling her to look for a church I was able to tell her right where the church was and that they were my good friends that would be there. God was so good in that moment. If you'd like to continue praying for that woman that would be great! I don't know what her name is, but God knows...
We met up with Naomi's group (becuase we had split into two groups to cover more ground) on the top floor where we hung out and shared testimonies of what we had seen God do that night. It was really powerful! I met some good people last night and it will be fun to get to know them better. At the orphanage I almost don't even feel like I'm in Ecuador becuase the weather is so cold, and so much english is spoke, plus there are so many gringos. It's fun to meet more Ecuadorian people and learn more about their culture here.
I'm also really thankful that Naomi invites me out on the town with her. I went with her 3 times this week to run errands, etc. She's lived here 11 years and knows a lot about the people. It's fun to go town with her.
Well, I've been working with the toddlers today and I'm a bit tired! Time for a rest. Love you all and miss you lots!
Things are going well here at the Ark! I've been working with the toddlers the last few days and boy are they a handful! The things that go on with the toddlers remind me of the tv show John and Kat plus 8- a family with sextuplets and a set of twins!!
Last night I went with the Allan's daugher Naomi to a hospital ministry that she's involved in. People from churches throughout Riobamba get together to visit people in the hospital and give them food and tea. It started at 8 I think, but we arrived late. We listened to a short message and then sang some worship songs, as well as played some games to get to know one another. In fact, they told me that they wanted me to play a game- so I went up front and they said "okay! sing!" It was funny, and a bit random. I tried to play a game that I learned in Guayaquil with them called "Conoces a Juan" but it didnt really work. We headed over to the hospital where we handed out bread and tea on 3 different floors. It was akward for me because the hospitals at home are so private and you can't just walk in to talk to someone. We went from room to room visiting people, chatting with them if they were up to it. I was with one of the group members and we stopped to talk to a woman who was pregnant and thinking about having an abortion. She was in the hospital because she got pregnant and her boyfriend told her to get rid of the baby and she didn't want to, so he got drunk, beat her up, and threw her out of the house. It was a terrible story, but the guy I was with chatted with her about the hope have in Jesus and that God has a purpose for every human life, even the ones that haven't been born. Her and her friend prayed to accept Christ! It was a really neat experience for me. The other cool part was that she was actually from Guayaquil. From the sector called "Florida" that I would pass going from Rosa and Victor's house to Mapasingue where Pastor Dario's church is. When my friend was telling her to look for a church I was able to tell her right where the church was and that they were my good friends that would be there. God was so good in that moment. If you'd like to continue praying for that woman that would be great! I don't know what her name is, but God knows...
We met up with Naomi's group (becuase we had split into two groups to cover more ground) on the top floor where we hung out and shared testimonies of what we had seen God do that night. It was really powerful! I met some good people last night and it will be fun to get to know them better. At the orphanage I almost don't even feel like I'm in Ecuador becuase the weather is so cold, and so much english is spoke, plus there are so many gringos. It's fun to meet more Ecuadorian people and learn more about their culture here.
I'm also really thankful that Naomi invites me out on the town with her. I went with her 3 times this week to run errands, etc. She's lived here 11 years and knows a lot about the people. It's fun to go town with her.
Well, I've been working with the toddlers today and I'm a bit tired! Time for a rest. Love you all and miss you lots!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Pictures
The pictures I posted last night are from Guayaquil last week, in no particular order. Enjoy! :)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
*phew*
Hey everyone!
Sorry it's been so long since I've written, but last week everyone was too busy to bring me to the cyber! I'm in Riobamaba now at the orphanage, but I want to write about last week too. I absolutely enjoyed my time with Rosa and Victor and their family. We spent a lot of time laughing and chatting. Saturday night the neighbors BLASTED music until 5am. I didn't sleep much and we left for church at 7:30am. Ha! I saw soooo many people at church! Betsy's family came and I got to see Chelsi, the new sister. Sunday was the day of the child here and there was a party in church. The kids all dressed up in costumes, sang songs, and played games. It was cute! They played this one game where they had a pole about oh, 20 ft high I would guess, they tied prized to the top and spread butter aaaaaaall over the pole. The kids had to climb it to get the prizes. It was hilarious becase they couldn't do it. They got SUPER nasty from the butter and ended up putting 3 people on each others shoulders to reach the top. It was funny. Although, I did feel bad for the one little boy whose shorts feel halfway down his legs when another boy was trying to climb higher than him. :) I have pictures (not of that boy in particular) and I'll post them when I can.
I spent almost the whole last week just passing time in Rosa's house and I get to church and for my last afternoon there EVERYONE wanted me to hang out with them...Pastor, Raquel, Gretchen and Luis, Wacho! ay ay ay! I decided to have lunch with Oscar and Raquel. They took me out to a restaurant called La GranChef. It was a bit high class and yummy! Then Sunday night I went to Carlos and Christopher's house where my friend Gretchen is staying for the summer. I brought twister with me and they LOOOOOVED it. It was hilarious and we had a lot of fun playing it!
Tuesday night at 12am Rosa, Victor, Sarita, and I left the bust stationg for Riobamba. they told me way to many robbery stories for me to feel comfortable there. Plus I could tell Rosa was nervous so that made me nervous. Once the bus left for about 2 hours everytime someone got up or the bus stopped my heart would start racing. :oP That may sound wimpy, but oh well. :) We arrived in Riobamba at 5:15am and called the orphanage, but nobody was up yet. We walked in the freezing cold, (enough that my teeth were chattering) to a nearby gas station. We waited there until 6:15am until Ron came to get us. Rosa and Victor stayed about an hour to see the orphange, etc. and they they turned right back around to go home. I felt bad about that, but they had class and work so even if they wanted to stay they couldn't have.
The orphanage...*phew* I was feeling super overwhelmed until this afternoon. I helped out a bit yesterday while I got to know the kids. I was exhausted by the afternoon from the lack of sleep on the bus. This morning I went to work at 6am! I'm staying in an extra room with another volutneer from Canada. I got up at 5, the temperature was probably 40 degrees maybe? and I took a freezing cold shower. haha :) They taught me how to take care of the babies today. I changed about 10?ish cloth diapers today- each time washing them out in the toilet. :) We ate lunch at 2:30 finally- but it was a greenish pureed soup... not good to eat after changing diapers all morning. There are about 8? babies that we took care of, so there's always something to be doing- feeding, diapers, putting to sleep, dressing, undressing, bathing, carrying from room to room, making sure they don't chew things they're not supposed to. (Bourget family- you guys were too easy and nice to prepare for this kind of thing ;) The other workers are very patient with me. The people here have a different accent which makes it really hard for me to understand what they're saying. I'll learn soon I hope. Anyway- so now I have some free time. Yes- I promise to put some pictures up this week. With love,
Sorry it's been so long since I've written, but last week everyone was too busy to bring me to the cyber! I'm in Riobamaba now at the orphanage, but I want to write about last week too. I absolutely enjoyed my time with Rosa and Victor and their family. We spent a lot of time laughing and chatting. Saturday night the neighbors BLASTED music until 5am. I didn't sleep much and we left for church at 7:30am. Ha! I saw soooo many people at church! Betsy's family came and I got to see Chelsi, the new sister. Sunday was the day of the child here and there was a party in church. The kids all dressed up in costumes, sang songs, and played games. It was cute! They played this one game where they had a pole about oh, 20 ft high I would guess, they tied prized to the top and spread butter aaaaaaall over the pole. The kids had to climb it to get the prizes. It was hilarious becase they couldn't do it. They got SUPER nasty from the butter and ended up putting 3 people on each others shoulders to reach the top. It was funny. Although, I did feel bad for the one little boy whose shorts feel halfway down his legs when another boy was trying to climb higher than him. :) I have pictures (not of that boy in particular) and I'll post them when I can.
I spent almost the whole last week just passing time in Rosa's house and I get to church and for my last afternoon there EVERYONE wanted me to hang out with them...Pastor, Raquel, Gretchen and Luis, Wacho! ay ay ay! I decided to have lunch with Oscar and Raquel. They took me out to a restaurant called La GranChef. It was a bit high class and yummy! Then Sunday night I went to Carlos and Christopher's house where my friend Gretchen is staying for the summer. I brought twister with me and they LOOOOOVED it. It was hilarious and we had a lot of fun playing it!
Tuesday night at 12am Rosa, Victor, Sarita, and I left the bust stationg for Riobamba. they told me way to many robbery stories for me to feel comfortable there. Plus I could tell Rosa was nervous so that made me nervous. Once the bus left for about 2 hours everytime someone got up or the bus stopped my heart would start racing. :oP That may sound wimpy, but oh well. :) We arrived in Riobamba at 5:15am and called the orphanage, but nobody was up yet. We walked in the freezing cold, (enough that my teeth were chattering) to a nearby gas station. We waited there until 6:15am until Ron came to get us. Rosa and Victor stayed about an hour to see the orphange, etc. and they they turned right back around to go home. I felt bad about that, but they had class and work so even if they wanted to stay they couldn't have.
The orphanage...*phew* I was feeling super overwhelmed until this afternoon. I helped out a bit yesterday while I got to know the kids. I was exhausted by the afternoon from the lack of sleep on the bus. This morning I went to work at 6am! I'm staying in an extra room with another volutneer from Canada. I got up at 5, the temperature was probably 40 degrees maybe? and I took a freezing cold shower. haha :) They taught me how to take care of the babies today. I changed about 10?ish cloth diapers today- each time washing them out in the toilet. :) We ate lunch at 2:30 finally- but it was a greenish pureed soup... not good to eat after changing diapers all morning. There are about 8? babies that we took care of, so there's always something to be doing- feeding, diapers, putting to sleep, dressing, undressing, bathing, carrying from room to room, making sure they don't chew things they're not supposed to. (Bourget family- you guys were too easy and nice to prepare for this kind of thing ;) The other workers are very patient with me. The people here have a different accent which makes it really hard for me to understand what they're saying. I'll learn soon I hope. Anyway- so now I have some free time. Yes- I promise to put some pictures up this week. With love,
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