We walked down the dustiest road in the world to see the waterfalls of Juayua. Well worth it.
Bruce, jumping at the waterfall.
Bruce and Kelly (shout out to AB, from whose gallery these three photos were stolen!)
"Winnie Pooh" is everywhere.
Kelly milking a cow in our training site.
At 4:30 in the mornin', I'm milkin' cows...
Our training site host brother, post-vote. Note the thumb. January 18 was election day for alcades (mayors) and diputados (congressmen, sort of) in El Salvador. In San Vicente, the left-wing FMLN was replaced by right-wing ARENA. The opposite occurred in our pueblo. The presidential election will take place March 15.
Our friends striking a classic Salvadoran pose (no smile) during the Obama inauguration.
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Back in Site
We've been back in our site for two weeks now. The school year started mid/late January, so this has been our first opportunity to introduce ourselves to the kids in their classrooms. We made a poster with a hand-drawn map of our journey from Pennsylvania/Delaware. We listed and solicited ideas. We made grammatical errors.
Our first order of business was starting up ecological clubs in two schools. The kids suggested and voted on project ideas and group leaders. We played wild dinamicas (games) that included popping balloons and dancing like milkshakes. The kids are in 7th-9th grade and so far it has been a blast. Our journalism club will start up this week.
The second order of business, it turns out, was getting amoebas (Bruce) and bacterial infections (Bruce and Kelly). Last weekend was a very long and dreadful one. But we are back on top and feeling just fine.
2 comments:
Was the waterfall cold? It looks awesome. I love the pics. Thanks so much for sharing.
Andrea
I've been wanting to do a journalism club at my site but didn't think we would have the resources! What are you all doing?
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