I don’t want to bore anyone with another long and boring
post so I will just talk about the good stuff. The reason this post is late is because it was
pouring rain last night and the power went off and so did the internet.
It was Guilia’s birthday today so during the 4 hour tutoring
session me and my tutor were in charge of going to a local bakery and buying
the cakes! When we got there I was sure to drop many hints that my favorite
dessert was banana bread and I did not like chocolate cake (I hope she got the
hint). We had cake and sang with our tutors for Guilias and Ryans birthday
which is on Saturday.
The cake we bought for Guilia and Ryan's Birthday
Me and My Spanish Tutor Sandra
Celebrating the birthdays!
We again learned about the Microconsignment model and I
suggest if anyone wants to learn about what I am doing to watch this Ted Talk
with Greg Van Kirk. A lot of the successful examples he uses on how it is
possible to sustainably help countries in need is directly from the program I
am working with! This made me really excited to start the actual work and
cannot wait for my posts explaining what we actually do.
After learning we had an hour in Antigua which we took to
celebrate Guilia’s birthday and went to a restaurant called Taco Tent and enjoyed happy hour to celebrate! We then returned to our homestays and Muoser and I walked
around Santa Lucia, the pueblo where we live, to explore a little. There is a
main street that connects to a small park and that is basically the entire
town. From one end to the other is less than a 5 minute walk.
I returned to my home and did my homework in the kitchen
with Keyla until everyone got home. Daneysa and the wife of the oldest brother
were cooking lasagna and I tried to help by cutting up the tomatoes but they
really did not need my help. I told them all about how much I love cooking
desserts and showed them a bunch of pictures of my cookie cakes which they were
very impressed with! I told them my mom cooks them and they asked me what my
mom did and I told them she sold hair tyes and happened to have a bunch in my
backpack which I showed them and gave each of them one which they liked!
I finally was welcomed into Daneysa's room for the first time.
This is where Daneysa, Keyla, and Erick all live. It had two large beds and
walls painted with different Disney characters. Daneysa showed me the gift her
boyfriend gave her for their two month which was just as cheesy as what she had
given me. It was a box with candy and a long note. On the outside of the box it
read “You are not my love you are my life” in Spanish. It was very romantic!
Then the entire family got home and the dad greeted me with
a big hello hug and kiss which was unexpected but appreciated! We were all in
the kitchen, all 8 of us, with Irma cooking and the rest of us at the table
helping Keyla with her homework and talking. By talking I mean everyone was
talking and I was sitting staring aimlessly not understanding a word but
someone would look at me and smile and then start laughing at me which I did
not mind at all. Finally at 9 we had dinner which was meat lasagna and bread. During
dinner it started to rain really hard and there were many leaks in the house.
The worst leak was in my room where we came and my jeans were soaked in water.
We had to move my couch and now there is a bucket currently being filled with
water.
The bucket to catch the leaking water in my room.
The leak in my ceiling that went into the bucket.
The best part of today was after dinner Daneysa came into my
room and painted my nails pink while we listened to music. After this we took
pictures on photobooth and made the collage below! I really like Daneysa and
feel the most comfortable around her. It is like she is my missing sister
right now! The rain got harder and harder until the power went out which is a
very normal problem when it rains this hard.
Our excessive use of photobooth and making a collage.
Tomorrow will be our last day for the week of orientation so expect another similar post.
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