Nonstop. Definition of today. Ha. Morning started early for me as I've now started running at a late 6 AM every morning. Love it because it really gets my energy going for the day. Goal is that all five of us are going to start running on Monday! Should be exciting and some good stories to come. After bfast and starting some laundry this morning, we packed up the truck with boots and headed to San Jose. First we stopped by a pharmacy and Chris and I went in to get more lancets for a blood sugar meter. A lady in San Jose that came by and saw Dr. Weaver and I last week, has really high blood sugar and she needs surgery, so we're trying to help her get her sugar level down. So we attempted to get her to use the blood sugar tester/meter everyday, but we'll see if she really does. Today I checked her sugar and it was over 300, so she has to bring it down a lot to have surgery.
After visiting her house, we continued with the census. Elizandro and Selvin helped navigate us through the houses, and we ended up visiting over 14 houses in just a few hours! We probably have one more day of hard work left there to finish up all of the houses. I got to visit Alvaro's house today! He lives on a small property with 5 other houses because his whole extended family lives in one place. He made sure that I knew which house was his out of the five before we left. Their property is right beside a beautiful waterfall which was really neat. And for those spanish nerds out there, Mo and I learned a new word for waterfall today! Salto. We kept using the word catarata, and they thought we meant cataracts. Ha, but now we know an easier way to say it.
We left San Jose at about 1 PM to head up to Deborah's, the owner of the coffee plantation. She wanted to have the interns over and Raf's family for lunch today. We had chicken, cheeseburgers, and hotdogs. A real American meal! Ha, they said they wanted to treat us with a taste of home. I ate so much that I'm still full. No dindin for me tonight.
Raf had Noel, the guy in charge of the farm animals, bring us a horse to ride after lunch. First Raf braved a ride and then Lesbia. Mo had her turn as well, and then after she got off, the horse started bucking a little bit because it was being messed with by a dog. Although Raf insisted that I not ride, I hopped on anyways because I was stubborn. They say horses can sense fear, so I made sure to just act myself, ha. Noel walked beside me all the way to the corral, and right when I got off, we noticed that the horse was walking funny. We found out that he was missing a horseshoe on his front left hoof. With the help of Erbin, his son, we put the horseshoe back on. Quite an interesting process to view. The whole time he was giving me a lesson, and I was talking to him and Erbin about the world cup. He kept making fun of me because he was saying it was because I weighed too much was the reason the horseshoe fell off. After we got the horseshoe fitted, we rode back to the house and enjoyed some tres leches cake. The best dessert. Noel and I continued to talk outside and Big joined in on the convo as well. I love talking to Noel. Ha, he's quite a character. Big and Chris were able to see the whole farm, including the waterfall which they said was beautiful. Mo spent her time with Fide and playing with the kids. I know at one point, all the ladies and the kids took a walk down the dirt rode so the kids could run around.
We headed back to the city around 5 PM, Chris, Big, and I riding Nica style in the back of the truck. Once back at the house, we saw the Apante boys race to the house to meet us. Typical. After gathering some of our clothes that were spread out all around outside, Big and I played a few games of Uno with Oscar and Francisco.
Needless to say, we're all exhausted, but pleased about a jam packed day full of excitement.
Love you all,
sb
My prayer for the interns! "I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them." Matthew 18:19-20
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