Well today ended in bang. We have no electricity in the church and I used the flashlight to find my toothpaste. As I was brushing my teeth i kept thinking this toothpaste taste gross.... I kept brushing... It wasn't foaming so I figured it was because it was new toothpaste. Then I looked at the tube and saw I had used hydrocortisone cream instead of sensodyne. Lucky for me my mom taught me to never swallow the the toothpaste stuff. So after everyone laughing at me, making me laugh spitting out the water, I finally rinsed my brush and brushed my teeth with toothpaste.
That was the cherry on top to my very clumsy day. It started out great I woke early and was packed to go to the village of carrazel by 7:30. Cristina made me some Camille tea for my stomach and I relaxed while she got ready. After getting to base camp I walked into a room of students on wifi, it saddened my heart how much they stick to their phones and the necessity of the Internet. I pull my phone out to take pictures and that's about it. I update my blog once a day and that's my internet consumption. Anyways some of the team was not packed, we weren't leaving till 1 so I went with Cristina to the supermercado and bought food for the team for the next week in the villages. It was fun except there were no prices on the food so you have to go to the computers on the aisles to scan the barcode to obtain the price. Very annoying when you have to scan 10 different brands to figure out which is the cheapest plates.
After lunch we prayed for each team going to the villages. Then the Dolores and carrizal team left with the bus. We stopped off at Dolores first then onto carrizal. We arrived and the church is very nice. They had rigged the back of it with a curtain by the stage with us sleeping on the stage eventually putting up a tarp also. After we had some of our stuff put together we were led to Norma's house. At first it was no big. Deal then it kept going hiking into the jungle/ Forrest, through the coffee fields and more forest. At one point I sorta fell/ ran down the mountain definitely twisting my knee. The whole team missed it cause they walked way ahead with Norma's son. I was salon g with Norma. After me falling and slipping a couple of times Norma gave me a stick to use to walk with. Every house I came to I figured it would be her house but then we kept walking and walking some on nonexistent path, Norma knew where she was going so we kept walking. And I kept trying out my steps to see if this next one would be when I totally biff it. We finally made it to Norma's house where we had pineapple tea and cake but they call it pan- it was definitely cake. Norma kept offering me to sleep/ rest on her bed but I felt fine with my knee hurting a bit. We hung out at Norma's until dinner was ready. Spaghetti with rice, tortillas and beans. Interesting meal... The girls and I started discussing how we were going to go back up the mountain now that it was dark. We then found out that a neighbor was going to drive us back. We still had to hike to where the neighbor was m, but boy oh boy was the back of that truck fun!!!!
So we return to the church with a candle in front lit and I use the wrong toothpaste. Long day and now for bed!
Well I accidentally delete my Tuesday and because it was so long ago I can remember...
Wednesday may 11-may 15
Well as the days pass in carrizal it has been hot and interesting. Wednesday after school we did lesson plans for the the next day. In the afternoon we visited a lady who is unable to come to church because of her rheumatoid arthritis. After the hike to her house I understand how she cannot leave her house. It was a definite hike. All the while of going down I just kept thinking how are we going to get out? Thursday was similar to Wednesday we visited a girl with dwarfism. Her head is so big she has a chair to help hold her head up. We visited with her family and then hiked back to Norma's house. This hike was not has had as the first day because the steep coffee plant area was skipped. When we were heading back one of the girls was bit by a dog while taking a short cut through the ladies house/land. We got back to the church and I was able to use my first aid kit. I told the girls something was going to happen beachside they had a nurse in their group. Friday morning I was awoken to the pipe on the toliet exploding with water going everywhere when one of the girls was about to take a shower. We had no running water and no toliet use for about 2 hours. One of he girls had never use the bathroom in the Forrest before. One of these days camping will have to be a precursor to going on a mission trip...Friday we had school at the church because the teachers had a meeting. About a group of 30 showed up we were able to go over the English we had taught them and the songs. And then they played in our little area around the church. Friday afternoon I got a migraine/ cold, so the group went on a hike with the pastor to different houses inviting them to church on Sunday. Through the last few days a group of children have begun to come to play/ hang out with us. Bri has really enjoyed it and Alison has also. Saturday we had a relaxing morning with some of the children showing up. In the afternoon we hiked and visited a few more families inviting them to church and letting the children know that we are going to sing a few of the songs that they had learned in English. Saturday closed with us having dinner at dusk and all of us counting up our bug bites.
Sunday was great! We had church, the kids sang the songs, we sang a song, and Tashie gave her testimony. After church we hiked to Norma's and did not take the shortcut. There we had lunch then she taught us how to make her pan(sweet bread- pueblo style). It was interesting definitely no measuring. And a lot of weird stirring techniques, including slapping the dough with the spoon. It was interesting to see the way they cooked the bread in the pueblo oven. It was a nice day with overcast and cool. After dinner and once the bread was cooked we hiked back up into the mountain no shortcut allowed. As our last night in carrizal we were excited to head back to base camp and see the other teams.
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