Last weekend our plans to go to the national park with our coworkers were changed and we ended up going with Devin and Mario (from work) to another town close by. We left Saturday morning and met up with our friends and after running a few errands caught a bus over some hills for a couple hours. We visited Paola (a lady we work with) who served as lunch (Jordon, Mario, and Devin are pictured having lunch here), I 'helped' make tortillas with her. My tortillas were not always shaped in the perfect circles like hers but it was fun. After that we went with our coworkers to a pool/river and went swimming. I share this story because it was definately a highlight to go out and spend time with friends. It was great because Mario and Devin are studying in a beginning English class so we were able to help each other with language things (although we communicate in Spanish). We returned in the back of a pick up truck (similar to the picture i put up, this is probably the most common form of transportation we use... other than walking. It is legal here but only for four people in the back of the pick up.). After we got back to Siguatepeque we went to a burger place called 'Queen Burger' and ate probably the biggest burger of my life with two giant patties, double cheese, and fried eggs all in these giant buns. Devin had wanted us to try this place and it was definately worth it. At about $3.50 it was a more expensive dinner but they justified it because the burgers are just so huge. Hanging out with Mario and Devin made me more excited for Argentina because I realized that it is fun to spend time with peers and do things they like even if there is a language barrer. Sunday we went to a beautiful lake with our host parents, it was relaxing and refreshing.
Work this week has been similar to last week with alot of data entry. Basically the field officers collect data on the health of communities, sell medecines, and conduct prenatal seminars. In doing all these things they fill out various forms, which we input into the computer after they turn them in.
Last night we went to a prayer service at the house of a family from our hosts church. There are these meetings every Tuesday, it was good to chat with people and I look forward to getting to know people in this community more.
like ur pics! =] it would be so cool if u could do field work.. nice seeing pics of ur friends =] luv u! <3 yun yun
ReplyDeleteThat is great work you are doing and I am sure it gives you an overview of the community in a way that you wouldn't really be able to see otherwise. I inputed alot of forms when I was doing Child Sponsorship at WC - I loved praying for each individual child as I inputed the data about them and really think of them as an individual - that helped the time go by more meaningfully. Thanks for posting!
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