Thursday, June 4, 2009

Today we woke up had breakfast and then we watched the dentists (the work and witness team from Colorado) work on some patients here on the campus. Some of the people had never been to a dentist before so this was a totally new experience for most of them. Some of them who have the money visit the dentist in town, but they do now help fix the problems of their teeth, but instead just pull them out. So it was interesting to watch them get their teeth fixed. After we met with Tomas (our on-site coordinator) and he introduced us to the people we will be working with. It seems like we will be doing things with the local churches about 3 times a week. One of the churches is a huge Nazarene church and it has over 2000 people attend and at least 300 children. We are going to be helping the children, but there will be a facilitator in charge which is nice. I am not sure what all this entails but it is good to know that we have a plan. There were 3 men and a woman that were representing their church and they are excited to be around us because they want to learn English and we want to learn Portuguese. At about three today which is 8 your time the kids get out of the the "Escuelina" (the little school on campus) and we plan on playing with them till supper. They are the sweetest kids. They do not speak English but they love to sing with us and dance and show us the songs they have learned at church. We will most likely eat supper with the Restricks and the Work and Witness team and then head to bed soon after. It gets dark here around 5:30 or 6 and the mosquitos are out so we don't get to do too much at night. But tomorrow I think Tomas plans on showing us around the city with the other presidents from the churches. Their names are Osvaldo, Elvido, Narciso (he speaks the most English) and Olivia. They are so interested in America and how our church and schools work. I wish there wasn't such a language barrier because it is kinda hard to communicate sometimes.But it is neat to communicate even without words sometimes. Anyways that is all for now! Thanks for your love and support! I am blessed. Have a great Thursday.

1 comment:

  1. hi lady!!! the communication thing is def one of the hardest! but you will get used to it.
    that is awesome about them getting to see the dentist! crazy what we take for granted. <---(understatement)
    i'm so glad you get to spend so much time with those sweet children!! what a blessing. praying for you and miss you!!!!!!
    -ksquared

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