So, it has begun

Well this is Kendra with an update on her summer. So last Friday there was a hurricane. Therefore, we spent the whole day stuck in our house. It was great to get to know everyone better and I started reading the chronicles of Narnia. That day reminded me of the Wood between the Worlds because nothing happened and the day was the longest day in history, but I was not bored. Saturday, we were pretty much stuck again, but we got to go to San Marcos for a bit in the afternoon. It was nice to see a few more people.

Sunday, we went horseback riding. I was definitely scared, but I had a lot of fun. Then in the evening we went to church at the Church of Christ in San Marcos. A group of North Americans had arrived from Alabama, so there were lots of us in church. Then we ate dinner with them. It was really good.

Monday, the internship really started. I worked on the ranch. I learned to tie different knots, feed calves and shuck corn. I had a great time and I was able to practice my spanish a lot.

Tuesday, we went with the medical group to a village near Las Palmas. I was a translator for a nurse. It was really scary because I had never done something like that before, but I believe I was competent. Afterward, we were unable to cross the river because it had rained. The interns then went off on a minor adventure. We wandered through the mountainous woods, crossed a small stream, a fence and a stone wall to get back to our house. It was SO much fun. Then we found that the rain had caused a minor flood in our house. We had fun cleaning up the mess. Yay, rainy season. Then we had another spanish class. It was exciting as well.

Wednesday we went with the medical group to the village near the Mission Lazarus´ coffee plantation. I was a translator again. That community has a lot of problems with malnutrition, fungi and parasites. I am glad that we were able to help them a bit. Then we went back to the ranch. I was really tired, so I went to bed early.

Thursday, I worked at the refuge. Basically, I had the amazing task of organizing a really big messy storeroom. It took me three hours, but I was proud of my work. I also helped to shelf books for the library. We then had some dinner and then went to another spanish lesson. We had another minor flood in our house, which we had to clean up before bed.

Friday, I worked on the ranch. We planted coffee plants on the side of a mountain for all the morning. Gustavo gave me access to the dairy records, so I will start to put them into my computer. Then in the evening I helped with a movie night for the children´s home. We watched Shrek 3 in spanish. It was a good day.

Today we slept in. We went for another horseback ride. This time I was better at controling my horse and we trotted. It was cool. I am excited for what will happen next week.

God is teaching me a lot here. He is teaching me about relating to people, living in his will and patience. He is slowly transforming me to become more like his Son. I truly love it here.