Today most of my day was spent with the people of a small municipality near Panajachel. I had the amazing opportunity to experience multiple schools and communities. The schools all received benefits from Mission Guatemala in a feeding program and we saw how that actually works. The mothers and teacher cook the food, many of the schools utilized some Kids Against Hunger rice packs. It's amazing to see the packages used having made some of them before. They also have vegetables and tortillas. They make tortillas and I got to help. It's way harder than I thought. I succesfuly made 3 and they only needed a little help. It was awesome. In each of the three schools we visited we got to play and visit with the kids. The kids were so excited to meet new people and were incredibly friendly. I loved seeing all the different kids and communicating with them.
One of the schools was a struggle go get go. Like a hardcore struggle. My blood sugar plummeted and the world starting spinning because we had to hike up a mountain to get to this school because the van could not carry us all up. I made it about 3/4 of the way and then the van took me the rest of the way. That school was just a time to play as most of the kids had already eaten. Then we came back to the clinic to eat lunch.
After lunch we were able to shop in Panajachel for supplies to use at Casa Tat Loy tomorrow. It went well until we got sidetracked by the things we wanted. The prices are so amazing since 100 quetzals is only $15 and everything so so amazing. When the shopaholics not good at bartering are left alone, things go astray. After the shopping was "finished" we sat at the lake and just watched the sun fade into the mountains. It was amazing and beautifully breathtaking. I was in love. Absolutely. It's so beautiful. I was lucky enough to find a gluten and dairy free cookie at a gluten free cafe I had researched and found. Also I got a Cuba libre for 10 quetzals which is like $1.30. An afternoon well spent.
After shopping we went to a traditional Mayan culture dinner. Jose Penguinos told us the story of the people and also served us great food. Throughout it all we laughed and enjoyed the food and company as we got to visit and relax. The food was delicious and traditional of the culture. We made tortillas for dinner and then ate them. Cool right?
After we finished dinner and watched some more of the entertainment we caught a tuc tuc and came back. Our shopping hauls were large, our bellies full, and our lives filled with crazy memories of tonight.
No comments:
Post a Comment