At 7:30 yesterday morning we left to go grocery shopping for the team. We came to the mission house and took the PIC bus to the first supermarket. Before they got the new bus teams used to ride in school buses to and from the villages. The new bus is smaller but it has air conditioning and big windows. At the first supermarket we bought fruit, vegetables, meat, and some household items. We had three carts almost full of food. They had a gigantic round basket in the bus that we put all the food in when we loaded it. The next store we went to was called Price Smart, which is a lot like Sam's Club. It was big inside and carried all the items in bulk. We got paper towels, toilet paper, rice, beans, drink mixes, and snacks and drinks that the team can buy. The team is going to have a fiesta next week and we bought 500 hot dogs/buns. It is a lot of food, but it goes quick. The bus was so packed full of food we had a hard time getting on the bus. Since we had eaten breakfast at 7 we were all starving. We finished shopping around noon and drove back to the mission house to eat lunch. Can you guess what we had? Rice and beans! We also had chicken and plantains (our favorite).
Back at the house, we rested and this time Taylor and I cooked dinner. The girls had never had macaroni and cheese before so we made a big pot of it. They liked it, but I wouldn't go as far to say they loved it:) We wanted to give the girls a break from cooking, though. After dinner we took a walk to the big park nearby. On the sidewalks there are random holes on the corners about three feet deep. They are big square holes and if it weren't for Tania I would have walked right into it:o There was a lot of people there and even a soccer game going on. The seven of us went to sit amongst the others to watch the excitement. It was a bunch of teenage guys who were playing on a concrete court. We watched one and a half games before heading back to the house to watch a movie. At ten o'clock we all headed off to bed because we were suppose to be ready to leave at eight in the morning.
We ended up leaving the girls' house at 10:30 to go to the mission house. It was just Taylor and me this time. While we were waiting for lunch we sat outside and called our parents. Suddenly, the table where I was sitting started shaking as well as Taylor's hammock. We thought someone was moving it, but it turned out to be an earthquake. It wasn't bad where we were, but Kegan later told us it was a 6.5 on the scale! We ate lunch then and set to work cleaning and preparing food for the week. Actually all we did was mop a couple of the bedrooms and then sat down and separated beans. We had a big bowl of red beans and we had to pick out all the bad ones. It took us about 45 minutes and that was only the first half of the bag of beans. I guess there wasn't a lot to do cleaning wise because we weren't asked to do much else. Taylor and I met the translators for this week and one of them, David, walked with us to Pan Ticoma. It was hot outside, but we got to see all the houses and the view. We had brought our clothes with us to do laundry because we are here for the rest of the day. Earlier we started washing our clothes by hand in a concrete basin at the girls' house, but had to leave. Next time we will wash our clothes by hand to see what it is like. The girls do a lot of their washing that way and believe me, it's not as easy as it looks.
So, now we are chilling and about to practice our Spanish. The team's flight got delayed so now they won't be in until ten o'clock tonight. We have some waiting to do, but we are eager to meet them! As for now, adios!
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