June 1st, Sunday.
So! Kid-washing: we took the trufi to Plaza Principal, and met some people from the international church who were in charge of the washing, and set up two tents while the moms and babies lined up. We had three washing stations, and then an area where we had nail polish and clothes to dress them in. I was at a washing station. The kids would get naked outside the tent and run into the tent when we had an open tub. Most of them were super excited to get clean, and all of them were super dirty, some with lice. That lasted about an hour, and then we got picked up by 2 brazilian interns from the hospital in a teeny 4-door - there were 11 of us crammed in there (haha). Thankfully we made it alive to their house (there was a going away party for some of them). We has a little grill out in the back courtyard, and I tried literally the best grilled steak I've ever eaten in my entire life. They had some weird yucca powder to dip it in too -- SO good. Anyway, I met a few of the interns, talked to a couple brazilian girls (Mariana and Lilian) interning at the hospital who spoke Spanish, and was forced to try to play the guitar while one of the guys, Elberte, sang in Portuguese (needless to say I handed that job off real quick haha). They are all really great singers somehow. After that we ended up having a fiasco trying to figure out how to get home because the interns who were going to drive us had had some drinks - we called a taxi, but no one could understand the driver so they called me over to translate. And then we didn't know exactly where we lived (me included since this was my first full day here) so we couldn't tell her the directions... haha. Thankfully Joseph (one of our HOH volunteers) knew mostly where to go since he's been here the longest so we got home safe. We also went to the international church this morning which was cool - they did worship bilingually - verse in English, then translated to Spanish, etc. The pastor spoke on how we can worship in spirit, body, and truth, which was a good reminder for me today. When was the last time I did not let any barriers come between me and worshiping with my whole heart? I was telling Christina, one of the girls I've been getting to know the best, that I don't want my time here to just be like a glorified vacation - I want to pray for things and see God moving in and through us in powerful ways, Let it be so, Jesus!
Oh, I forgot to say that I bought a Quechua/Spanish dictionary yesterday, so I am going to try to learn/remember some helpful words to use at the hospital :) Today is
Paykuna jampina sunqu (They are going to cure/treat the heart).
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