There was a huge storm early Sunday morning. Only 13 of us showed up to church.
Tyson, Amber and I working hard on the rabbit hutch. Hopefully we can find some rabbits tomorrow.
Sadly, someone in the village passed away from lung caner. It was very interesting to see how they deal with death. All of the men and women went to the church at about 10 in the morning. The women stayed in the church wailing (kind of like what you see in the movie "The other side of heaven") and then the men stayed in the cultural hall silently balling. It was so sad to see that!
We painted numbers on every house. This will help better track the people and disease.
A family outside their home with their newly painted number
Some of the boys picked us some flowers and put them in our hair. So cute!
A typical dog. Ticks galore! This dog is actually one of the healthier ones.
Edison! One of my favorites. If I could take one home with me it would probably be him. He is such a cutie !
We taught the women the importance of washing hands in order to prevent disease. It was very interesting to see how little they new about hygiene.
We set up a yarn maze for the kids. They loved it! The ran through it probably close to 50 times.
We did sack races one day! They loved it. It was all smiles!
Justo...pretending to be a monster in his sack. So cute.
Leandro and Ivan. Matching jerseys.
Mariano's house for dinner. They made us Empanadas and this special German dish
Guillam. Always has a little snot strand coming out of his nose, but he's a cutie
Church in Abundancia
Making bracelets and necklaces with the kids. Here's Bonni wth his
Helping with bracelet making
Sometimes we get a little bored so Kirsten, Davita and I take crazy pictures.
We took a trip to a Moringa seed farm. We got to pick seeds so we could teach the women in Abundanica how to grow them and their nutritional facts. This tree can be used for many many things. It is a great source of vitamins!
We got to ride in the back of the guys truck! So fun!
Davita picking the seeds
Teaching the women about Moringa.
Moringa tree site!
We took family pictures of everyone and the women made picture frames. This was the first family picture for most of the people
Working hard on frames.
Love these silly girls!
Happy Valentine's Day. We made Valentines
My special valentine! <3
Kristen's Valentine Jeysen
Junior, Cele and Leandro
Then we took a pit stop at the Defender Disco!
Happy Valentine's Day!
All of us interns!
Oh, and in case you were wondering our Valentine's dinner was pretty much an epic fail. We waited for over an hour and half for our food only to receive freezing cold hamburgers...oh well.
