well I thought I finally had the picture thing figured out, but apparently not, so use your imagination to figure out what picture goes with which caption. Next time I should use the preview button.

Surviving or Thriving

Sorry it has taken so long for me to post another entry. Things are going great, we have a ton of projects going. I am most involved in Bálsamo. As such, that is what I am going to talk about. So as I have mentioned before we are doing square foot gardens in this community. This week we had an overnight trip so we could get more work done as it is about 3 hours away. I don’t have pictures from the first day, but there are some from the second.

The second day started with making pupusas at 6 am.



Next was walking with the girls to school and meeting with a teacher to plan our health fair.


Carrying food to the slackers who slept in.


Now comes the garden-
Dig down

Gather rocks


Lay down newspaper or cardboard.


Mix sand, dirt, and dried leaves. Much of the mixing takes place with your hands.


Get super dirty: )

(just a note, I was a lot dirtier the day before. Also, it always looks like I have intense tan lines and then I wash my feet)

Hang out with the family for a little while


Next Meysi guided us to some other houses to help with gardens. We are BFF!


Later we jumped in the river to cool off and played with some kids in there.


Then we hung out with some kids while waiting for our ride. They were running on Salvadorian time.



Last, ride home in the back of a truck.


Everything else here is going really well! I wish I had time to write more!