Feb. 27, 2008 - Guest Blogger: Ecuador Day 5
Day 5- February 12 We awoke at 6:30 AGAIN and had eggs, orange juice, and hot chocolate AGAIN. We went to the church to find out where we were going today. We found out we were going to two villages who never had a medical clinic yet, and we also found out Rae Ann and Angela were working in the medical clinic with us, because they didn’t have any open jobs on the building crew.. Rae Ann’s job was to try to get eaten by an anaconda and Angela’s job was to play with the kids. Well, MAYBE that wasn’t Rae Ann’s REAL job, but you never know in Ecuador........ Really, her REAL job was to check for lice. YIPPEE!!!!!!!! My NEW job was to help Rae Ann get eaten....AHEM, I mean help her check for lice. We drove for 45 minutes to the first village and set up. We treated about 30 people, and maybe fifteen people had lice. Then Dad, Miss Sylvia, and I took a hike to the river.(Not the Amazon) Then we played soccer, ate lunch, and went to the SECOND village. Now this clinic was made of two rooms, so my NEWER job was to show people where to go after the Go-Through-And-Find-Your-Nit Station to the "Doctor’s Office." Rae Ann and Angela switched jobs.
When we were loading back up in the taxi, an ICE CREAM truck comes on alongside, and we all get a cone. MIND YOU we are 30 minutes from the closest civilization that is about half as big as Burkesville! The first ice cream truck I ever remember seeing-- in the middle of the AMAZON RAINFOREST! They had two flavors, pineapple and coconut. We got back to the hostel and told the construction crew what they missed out on and we found out we missed out more! They had diluted CHICHA!! Man we were jealous! ( If you don’t know what THAT is, don’t even bother to ask Pastor Gary. It’s GROSS!!)
We went to the BEST Italian restaurant in the Universe(Besides Heaven) and I got a whole pizza and some Sprite in a glass bottle! Then we went to the hostel, did devotions, and afterwards hit the sack.
NOTES: CHICHA is a fermented drink where they take manioc root (also called yuca or casava root) chew it up and spit it (with a lot of their spit) into a liquid to ferment for a few days. They offer it as a drink to their "special guests" to honor them. (Now you see why Aslan was glad to be on the medical team that day and not the construction team!)
RaeAnn and Angela were the 2 other young people on the team with Aslan. They are 15 and 16. The rest were adults.
Comments
Feb. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Jivie
Health code violations here
Feb. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by imasharp
YUCK!!!!!
Christy
