LOS TUBOS Y LAS ZANJAS

Hello blog. This is Oliver. We had a great time today and did many things. We woke early with the roosters and then said hi to the host families, and were excited to get ready to do the work for today. Then we ate breakfast and set off for the mountains. We hiked up and down hills to get to our section of the work, which was digging the dirt out, making the pathway bigger, and then gluing the pipes together and connecting the whole thing. Walking back, seeing all the progress we did as a group, felt very good, and made us all think we can truly help the community. As we came down, we were greeted with a great lunch, and then we went to a house to learn how this water will help, and a little bit more about the town and coffee. Finally, we finished with dinner and volleyball with the locals. Adios. (Good job murphy in golf!)

Wassup everyone. It's Caleigh and Sophie now. Woke up at 8 this morning... was supposed to be at breakfast. Tsk Tsk Tsk. Caleigh was only thirty minutes late. We started off the morning with a brisk walk. Ha. Not. It was more like a ten-mile hike up and down ten mountains. As soon as you reached the top of one mountain, another one appeared. If I am correct, the fall count was only six. 😊 Two of those were me, Sophie Wei. Yes. *Sigh* ☹ Anyway, off to Caleigh.

 

I enjoyed the hike, except for the fact that I was climbing steep ahh mountains with a pick axe in hand. If I had fallen, I would not be here to write this. I then HACKED at roots for 3 hours. Walking, walking, walking, up, up, up. Aqui!!! We came back for lunch. So yummy. I fell on the way back and just sat with my thoughts for a while.

 

Sophie again. Lunch now. Lunch was awesome. The food is very, very, very, deliciosa. Some of our tight-knit class went to a convenience store at the bottom of the hill, while others of us sat and talked about life. With either option, we became closer. How cute. :D Next, we made a very impactful journey to a resident's house. Here we learned about how much a working water system means to the families in the campo. Robin explained how the families within the campo would not be able to survive without a working water system,  which is why the work that is happening in the mountains is so important. These sentiments left a deep sense of enlightenment within me and the group, because it caused us to look out and see how important their community is and the small things we take for granted in our own lives. We were able to further our discussion with some of the community members after, talking about how they make their coffee that they sell, and some of us even tried the cacao fruit. After we made the very long walk back to Juan’s (papa de pollitos) house. We ended the night with dinner and volleyball with some of the locals. Peace out, blog. Look out for our next post.