on thursday of this week all organizations working in la chureca got together for a "reunion" where we discussed our missions, goals and target populations. it was so encouraging to see a room full of nica and american faces working together to improve the quality of life in such a difficult environment. my favorite line: the mind set should not be about pulling people out of the dirt, it should be about walking together hand-in-hand, because we are all people, which makes us all the same.
yesterday we woke up early to go to the beach for the morning. the rain pattering on our roof made us hesitate to the conditions we would find, but when the power went out we (meaning me) decided that Jesus wanted us to go. we weren't wrong. the rain cloud opened up long enough for us to spend 2 and a half glorious hours at quisala,
listening to music, catching up on reading and trying to surf (mainly in vain... but hey, life's a work in progress). as we drove home to get back to work, the rain started again, insuring that the day would be cool and our micro looked semi-clean.
we found a coffee shop that sells frappacinos for less than $3 (take that, starbucks). driving in lori's air-conditioned car, sipping my coffee on my way to shop, i felt like i had been transported back to the states. then i remembered that i was in a 1993 buick whose doors don't open from the inside, we were on our way to shop (for clothes) at a grocery store and a fair, and i was looking at a volcano rising above the city. my life is a dream. besos y abrazos,
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