I’ve enjoyed my first week of being here in Peru. It’s
kind of crazy to think that it’s already been a week. Here are some of the
highlights from the week:
On
Tuesday Laurel and I were both at San Antonio. We were assigned to go work with
the older girls (ages 10-14ish). Throughout this week, I have been trying out
my very limited Spanish communication skills. I was talking to one girl (in
Spanish) and she asked me about my family. Sad topic, seeing as how I still
have both parents and a lot of brothers and sisters, while she doesn’t have
anyone. I told her about how I have four brothers and four sisters and I wanted
to tell her that I was the youngest. Well, I didn’t remember the Spanish word
for “youngest” so I tried to say that I was the baby of the family. After I
said that though, she started freaking out and patting my stomach. Apparently I
told her that I was expecting a baby… I quickly tried to explain to her that no,
I was most definitely not pregnant.
Laurel
and I went to the Inka Market and each bought bags for around $7. Rest assured,
we will be doing a lot more shopping. I want an Alpaca sweater.
On
Thursday I got to volunteer in the baby orphanage. All morning I was in a room
with little 1-year olds. Gosh, those kids were so stinkin’ cute! There were
five of them and they were all smiles when I walked in. I helped them get ready
for the day and I helped feed them lunch. We played with toys and the kiddos
fought over who got to sit in my lap.
We’ve
had some very yummy food here. We even had the famous Peruvian dish Cerviche,
which is raw fish smothered in lime, onions, and cilantro. I thought it was
pretty good actually. We had deep fried fish and squid to go with it, so it was
really quite a good meal. We eat rice at least once a day.
Today,
instead of following our normal volunteering schedule, we went to San Antonio
for their 20th Anniversary Celebration. They make parties and
celebrations a huge deal here. There was a lot of dancing and music, basically
for hours. We also painted some more on the mural and Laurel and I scraped bird
poop off of playground equipment. Here are some pictures of the progress we’ve
made with the outside part of San Antonio.
This yard used to be covered in weeds. It looks much, much better now!
The mural
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