Phrase of the day: Empujando el carro, probalamente mi parte favorito sobre San Isidro... Push(starting) the car, probably my favorite part about San Isidro.
You're probably thinking, "that's pretty ridiculous". Well you're pretty ridiculous.
No, I'm just kidding. About being ridiculous; I really do enjoy it. It reminds me of back home. (When we were in high school, there was a period of time when everyone would do the rolling-down-the-hill-start with their manual cars). It's a bit different here, happening on the regular and out of necessity actually. I mean, have you seen the cars that my host family has? You can thank the pothole-filled roads for their condition. (Unfortunately I always have to do the pushing, as Peace Corps prohibits us from driving).
So first off, no dice on the flip(video) action just yet for aerobics. The ladies are too shy right now. But they should be okay with it after a few more classes. Aerobics are going very well though. We're meeting Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Last night we had our Women's Group meeting.
We spoke about the future goals of our group and made a pretty sweet fruit salad with yogurt.
It was probably our best meeting yet. The ladies brought their ideas to the table, and we now have a better idea of what they want to do in the next few months: 1. Begin planting brown rice for their own consumption. 2. Begin making notebooks, cards, envelopes, etc. out of recycled paper to sell in town. 3. Keep making/trying new foods because everyone loves eating.
Not only did people share their project ideas, they also brought new recipes. Rimber, Mario's uncle who just returned from living in Spain for the past 10 years, made a meringue-type topping for the fruit.
Yeah, I'm not making a very big difference here. Aerobics is great and all, but I do need to do a lot more. Mitha put up the food pyramid in the kitchen, but we'll have to wait and see if she (and all of the ladies) actually remember to look at it daily. How to actually get things done though? I still haven't found anyone motivated enough to do the projects with me, and I certainly can't do them alone. (Well I can, but that wouldn't be the point). Ideas?
Side note: In case anyone was curious how we get our mangos:
Yeah, where are those bare-footed coconut-retrieving indians when you need them!?!
0 comments:
Post a Comment