Week #3
has been quite busy for the team. Our days have been full of
construction, tasking, preparing, and adventures. We started off the
week by taking a ‘Family Fun Day’ to debrief from SLAM on Tuesday. We
decided to go to Morazan since we knew there was a Guerilla War Museum
and Pops (our affectionate nickname for Mike J) thought they had some
sort of hot springs near there. So we piled 6 deep in the car and set
off for the 3ish hour trip. Alas there were no hot springs but we did
find waterfalls and a river to swim in (video to be posted shortly) and
got to play a 3v3 game of soccer at an altitude of 4,000 ft. Ben got 3
goals (we all cheered) and Jerry almost fell off a rock twice. (we all
screamed) On our way back a huge hole in the road busted two of our
tires and cracked one of the rims so for the next two hours we waited on
the side of the road as a man that was walking by called his network of
friends to get us some tires. We ended up staying at the only hotel in
Goteras and got home at about 1:30pm on Wednesday.
Later in the week Sara and I got to accompany a women’s NGO (Casa de la Mujer) on a trip to a community called El Pito and participated in a seminar on ‘Self-Esteem’ for women who work in the milpas (corn fields). They all talked about the fact that they had never heard the word before nor knew what it meant. During one of the activities Sara had to dance around the circle of women and I followed dancing together with a sweet old woman named Señora Zoila. They all expressed a desire to learn since no one had ever taught them and desired to no longer be embarrassed of who they were. At the end of the meeting they had to sign in their name and many of them had to have ink put on their thumbs to sign since they did not know how to read or write . We finished off the day by small talking corn and being invited to come have some of their atol (a hot corn drink).
Yesterday while the four guys worked at the property (they have been working so hard!) Sara and I played a soccer game with the Suchitoto team. Boy was that an adventure. Mirna, a short and happy woman who works at Casa de la mujer, invited us to play with them when we went to El Pito. Two 45 min halves with no subs, playing with some hard core women….we are so sore.
Today Jerry left us. El Patron (Our nickname for Marco) moped for a bit missing his hammock-buddy. Sara, Ben, and I had some time to drink coffee send US emails and talk about our time in El Sal so far. We then had some pupusas for dinner while Pops and El Patron told us stories about meeting and courting Betsy and Jaimee.
Later in the week Sara and I got to accompany a women’s NGO (Casa de la Mujer) on a trip to a community called El Pito and participated in a seminar on ‘Self-Esteem’ for women who work in the milpas (corn fields). They all talked about the fact that they had never heard the word before nor knew what it meant. During one of the activities Sara had to dance around the circle of women and I followed dancing together with a sweet old woman named Señora Zoila. They all expressed a desire to learn since no one had ever taught them and desired to no longer be embarrassed of who they were. At the end of the meeting they had to sign in their name and many of them had to have ink put on their thumbs to sign since they did not know how to read or write . We finished off the day by small talking corn and being invited to come have some of their atol (a hot corn drink).
Yesterday while the four guys worked at the property (they have been working so hard!) Sara and I played a soccer game with the Suchitoto team. Boy was that an adventure. Mirna, a short and happy woman who works at Casa de la mujer, invited us to play with them when we went to El Pito. Two 45 min halves with no subs, playing with some hard core women….we are so sore.
Today Jerry left us. El Patron (Our nickname for Marco) moped for a bit missing his hammock-buddy. Sara, Ben, and I had some time to drink coffee send US emails and talk about our time in El Sal so far. We then had some pupusas for dinner while Pops and El Patron told us stories about meeting and courting Betsy and Jaimee.
We
are looking to next week with hope in the LORD. We will be facilitating
some educational time for the children of Sitio since classes are canceled all
week. We will also continue organizing logistics for the fast approaching Summer Interns and UnNamed Servant.
Enjoy a video clip of some of our funnier moments from the last 3 weeks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCBEOiPy_Wc&feature=g-upl
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