Happy Friends Day! Today is friends day in Bolivia. It means that you love on your friends and tell them happy friends day and give gifts - sometimes. It is not to be confused with their dia de amor which will happen in September - not to be confused with Dia de Valentine in February(Valentines Day). They have many days of celebrations here.
3 Bolivians have wished me happy friends day - so I am making progress on friendship row! Last week we celebrated the birthday of a friend named Silvia. Silvia is in her 40s and was raised in Cochabamba. However, after second grade her parents sent her to the fields to work as a shepherd. She spent the next 10 years or so watching sheep in the fields - alone. I asked her what she did and she said she just watched them - would rescue them from pits - and scare away wolves - and sit and think a lot. She was never able to attend school again. For her birthday we went to eat pizza since she only had it once before in her life, and than we got our nails painted. I got butterflies painted on my fingernails for 3 bs...6.9 bs is equivalent to a dollar - so you do the math (45 cents ish?).
This past weekend we visited the orphanage and on Saturday did some paintings (see photos) I also allowed Maria to paint my toe nails a bright pink color - they look great from far away!
Yesterday we had a baptism at the church and Tee, one of the Ross kids, who is awesome, got baptized. I took video of it and felt like a proud sister. On Wednesday we will be traveling to the Concha where you get cheaply priced everything and try and find a guitar for $30 dollars. No time like the present to learn guitar. When I get home I'm going to be a rock star!
Here are some photos from the past week. :) I've begun interviewing some people here to hear their stories and plan on writing something about them and posting it to the blog. I just finished interviewing Adrian today who is in charge of a ministry to homeless individuals on Tuesday nights. Tomorrow I will be speaking with a Spanish tutor who has tutored countless missionary families for years. If anything it has been a great privilege meeting people from many different backgrounds. I"m so excited to share their stories!
Have a wonderful beginning of the week! More to come soon.
(heart)
Alison Garza
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| We continue to research... good times! |
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| The baptism |
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| I helped cook this! Chicken parmesseon (spelled it wrong) |
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| Laundry :) My room is on the right. |
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| The dog ruined my Toms shoe. I still wear them, just feels funky |
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| Fogota - bonfires at night help because it is COLLLD at night. |
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| Maria painting my toe nails bright pink |
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| Maria with their dog |
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| Gabby sitting on my lap, tee teaching her to make the peace sign as I work on the blog. |
HAPPY FRIENDS DAY!!!!!!
Happy Friends Day! Today is friends day in Bolivia. It means that you love on your friends and tell them happy friends day and give gifts - sometimes. It is not to be confused with their dia de amor which will happen in September - not to be confused with Dia de Valentine in February(Valentines Day). They have many days of celebrations here.
3 Bolivians have wished me happy friends day - so I am making progress on friendship row! Last week we celebrated the birthday of a friend named Silvia. Silvia is in her 40s and was raised in Cochabamba. However, after second grade her parents sent her to the fields to work as a shepherd. She spent the next 10 years or so watching sheep in the fields - alone. I asked her what she did and she said she just watched them - would rescue them from pits - and scare away wolves - and sit and think a lot. She was never able to attend school again. For her birthday we went to eat pizza since she only had it once before in her life, and than we got our nails painted. I got butterflies painted on my fingernails for 3 bs...6.9 bs is equivalent to a dollar - so you do the math (45 cents ish?).
This past weekend we visited the orphanage and on Saturday did some paintings (see photos) I also allowed Maria to paint my toe nails a bright pink color - they look great from far away!
Yesterday we had a baptism at the church and Tee, one of the Ross kids, who is awesome, got baptized. I took video of it and felt like a proud sister. On Wednesday we will be traveling to the Concha where you get cheaply priced everything and try and find a guitar for $30 dollars. No time like the present to learn guitar. When I get home I'm going to be a rock star!
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