(Friday, February 4, Day 228)

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Phrase of the day: Estoy muy sorprendiendo que lo consiguio... I'm very surprised that you pulled it off.

For the last month or so, Kasie has been working with Consejo Juvenil, the local youth group. This past Friday they put on a movie to raise money for their projects.

They wanted a night of terror, so they borrowed a local "garden" to hold the movie. They made a path and cleaned up the leaves and branches to make room for seats.

They put a tarp above the seats in case of rain, and more so to protect the projector, computer, and speakers.

They even brought new recycling bins to promote better trash habits.

It sounded like a great idea, but what could go wrong, pretty much did.

Before the movie-night even happened, it was like pulling-teeth to get the kids to clean up the garden.

Then the local government didn't want them to borrow the speakers, but thankfully after a little begging that was resolved.

Right before the movie was about to begin, it began raining. Unfortunately, here that pretty much means power outtages. Fantastic. They had to move some of the electrical equipment, but most of it was secured under the tarp already.

After 30minutes or so the power luckily came back! But, the speaker cable had broken while they were moving equipment when the rain began. It was after 9pm now, and everything was closed. Luckily this is San Isidro, and stores are just peoples' homes, so you can always get what they have if you knock really loud.

Finally, 20 minutes later, the movie began. Only an hour late; not too bad for Ecuador!

In the end, it was a success. Out of the 90 tickets they sold, maybe 30 or so people came. (No refunds, naturally).

And to make a little more money, they sold popcorn, soda, and water.

Oh, and the movie was totally scary! (Possibly because I was on edge looking out for snakes the whole time. We found 3 small ones while cleaning up the place).

It's called Unrest, don't watch it.