So this will be my last Wednesday update from Paraguay :( and I can onlt be quick.
This morning we finished re-painting the comedor and it is now really white. We now only have the playground left to paint, but we wont have the pàint for that until Friday when Phil gets back from Asuncion with it, but it means that we will have to work hard on Saturday because they want to officially open it on Sunday while we are still here.
Yesterday it was Childrens Day here in Paraguay, and Monday was a bank holiday for the anniversary of the founding of Asuncion, so on Monday our girls had two performances again. First of all they were asked to perform at the town hall, which is a real honour, a few girls did traditional Paraguayan dancing, and some of the older girls did some ´Christian´ dancing and then they put on a puppet show using the new puppets that we brought out for them. There were a lot more people there than I expected, and the mayor was very impressed. Ossy said that in the 14 years that he has lived in QQH, this is the first time they have done anything for childrens day. After that, they all piled into the back of the open van again and travelled about an hour up the road to the next village, where they did the same again. It was a really good day. Yesterday all the girls were a bit hyper because they had been given sweets and presents at school.
Anyway I have to go, but next week we travel on an over night bus to Brazil, where we are having a few days holiday at Iguassu Falls, before we come home. Only 10 days left in South America now, what happened to the last 50?? I will try and update again before we leave, if not I will do it once I am home....xxxDa
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
I love this place, where common sense rules, not health and safety!
Nobody can choose where they are born, and I guess I just got lucky. I´m really starting to realise how greatful I am for having the life I have been given. I have enough. This place has changed my view and outlook on life. I have learnt what is important in life and what isn´t. For that I am thankful.
This week has warmed up a lot, which is great news for my hands and feet =) On Sunday it was 38 Degrees C, where as the Sunday before it was only 8! Chances are it will go cold again in a few days though because Paraguay has crazy winters.
This morning we drove to the outskirts of the village where some of the children live who come to the Comedor for meals. There are no roads, its more of a really bumpy dirt track. On the way we drove past a tap, which provide the water for 10-15 houses. The children walk 30 minutes to school everday in flip flops and shoes that dont really fit, and their houses are made of mud and wood. At least in the village they have running water, electricity, showers and comfortable enough houses.
I have discovered that I am the ironing queen...well of Hama beads anyway...not clothes. Its a new thing for the girls that came out with us, and the teachers have been on strike the last few days so we had chance to do it with them.
This week we have been scrubbing the Comedor clean ready to re-paint it, while some local men put the heavy bits of the playground together. On Monday it is Children´s Day, and school is closed (again), and the girls are off to another village to do some evangelism through their dance and puppets again, so they have been busy preparing for that. Im guessing its going to be 20 kids on the back of a van again. Little Phil left us on Monday and has jetted to Rio De Janiero, and will join us again when we get to Iguassu in Brazil in about 15 days time.
We just checked the temperature and found out its 39.5 Degrees C...but its ok because one of the team has made about 10 litres of lemonade from the lemons that fall from the ugly tree...
Thank you for reading and for all your support, see you soon love Helen x
This week has warmed up a lot, which is great news for my hands and feet =) On Sunday it was 38 Degrees C, where as the Sunday before it was only 8! Chances are it will go cold again in a few days though because Paraguay has crazy winters.
This morning we drove to the outskirts of the village where some of the children live who come to the Comedor for meals. There are no roads, its more of a really bumpy dirt track. On the way we drove past a tap, which provide the water for 10-15 houses. The children walk 30 minutes to school everday in flip flops and shoes that dont really fit, and their houses are made of mud and wood. At least in the village they have running water, electricity, showers and comfortable enough houses.
I have discovered that I am the ironing queen...well of Hama beads anyway...not clothes. Its a new thing for the girls that came out with us, and the teachers have been on strike the last few days so we had chance to do it with them.
This week we have been scrubbing the Comedor clean ready to re-paint it, while some local men put the heavy bits of the playground together. On Monday it is Children´s Day, and school is closed (again), and the girls are off to another village to do some evangelism through their dance and puppets again, so they have been busy preparing for that. Im guessing its going to be 20 kids on the back of a van again. Little Phil left us on Monday and has jetted to Rio De Janiero, and will join us again when we get to Iguassu in Brazil in about 15 days time.
We just checked the temperature and found out its 39.5 Degrees C...but its ok because one of the team has made about 10 litres of lemonade from the lemons that fall from the ugly tree...
Thank you for reading and for all your support, see you soon love Helen x
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Did you feel the mountians tremble?
Happy August everyone!
I have now been in Paraguay for over a month and its gone way too quick!
At the weekend the final two team member arrived in QQH. They had a couple of really hot days in Asuncion but by the time they got here the temperature had dropped a lot, and only yesterday started getting warmer again. You gotta love the crazy Paraguayan weather! The problem with this weather is that people get a lot of colds. Team leader Big Phil has spent a couple of days in bed witth a bad cold, that with the cold meant that no work was done for two days. But all the team are healthy again! Here in Paraguay if it is cold and/or raining then people tend not to go to work or school.
This morning me and Big Phil finally finished the kitchen at the girls house. Well it just needs cleaning, but apparently the girls are desperate to do that...We have been painting the walls white, but it doesnt matter how much paint we put on, brown keeps coming through from year and years of grease from the cooking in there.
The builder and the gardener have also finished extending the chicken run. So we now have happy chickens!
The other day at the lomiteria we met the most important person in QQH! He has a bodyguard who carries a gun! Apparently, his dad was murdered when he was in the same position, don´t you just love corruption...or not!
I just got distracted by a motorbike going past with 5 people on!
So this week we will hopefully be putting up the playground. Next week little Phil leaves us to go off to Rio! Also, some of you might know that I suffer from Raynauds disease, so if your into it, I´d appreciate some prayer for that, as when its cold here its makes it really hard for me to do a lot of the work easily when my fingers are really painful and I cant feel my toes, and it just makes me really cold too. Thank you!
Thank you for reading! See you again sometime next week!
I have now been in Paraguay for over a month and its gone way too quick!
At the weekend the final two team member arrived in QQH. They had a couple of really hot days in Asuncion but by the time they got here the temperature had dropped a lot, and only yesterday started getting warmer again. You gotta love the crazy Paraguayan weather! The problem with this weather is that people get a lot of colds. Team leader Big Phil has spent a couple of days in bed witth a bad cold, that with the cold meant that no work was done for two days. But all the team are healthy again! Here in Paraguay if it is cold and/or raining then people tend not to go to work or school.
This morning me and Big Phil finally finished the kitchen at the girls house. Well it just needs cleaning, but apparently the girls are desperate to do that...We have been painting the walls white, but it doesnt matter how much paint we put on, brown keeps coming through from year and years of grease from the cooking in there.
The builder and the gardener have also finished extending the chicken run. So we now have happy chickens!
The other day at the lomiteria we met the most important person in QQH! He has a bodyguard who carries a gun! Apparently, his dad was murdered when he was in the same position, don´t you just love corruption...or not!
I just got distracted by a motorbike going past with 5 people on!
So this week we will hopefully be putting up the playground. Next week little Phil leaves us to go off to Rio! Also, some of you might know that I suffer from Raynauds disease, so if your into it, I´d appreciate some prayer for that, as when its cold here its makes it really hard for me to do a lot of the work easily when my fingers are really painful and I cant feel my toes, and it just makes me really cold too. Thank you!
Thank you for reading! See you again sometime next week!
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