Saturday, November 5, 2011

So there were a few questions that you guys left for me to respond to... so here goes:

My love life here in La Paz:
Que chistoso! I can't say that it exists! Although there are about 50 girls in Ninas Obrajes that like to call out my name and wave at me whenever the opportunity presents itself. I have been falling more and more in love with the kids here which has translated to falling more and more in love with God... or is it the other way around?? I'm not sure!

What do the kids do for fun here:
I'm not all too familiar with what the girls do here but the boys play a lot of sports and rough-house. They really are the same as kids anywhere else in the world. They want to be occupied doing something that stimulates them - if they could, they would watch tv and play on the computer whenever possible. Pretty much none of them take up reading as a past time and few take artistic initiative - although I do get to work with the ones who have more of that 'artistic side' in my project, which is great!

What's it like living with people from other parts of the world:
Honestly the same as living with any other person. Everyone brings something different to the table and some are more difficult to live with than others. The sheer number of people here makes life very interesting (I'm living with 10 others, which it makes it like a frat house) - there are many comforts and preferences between us all which can easily lead to clashes of lifestyle. 3 months in we are still working out the 'kinks', if you will, to make life here as pleasant for everyone as possible. But for the most part we know that we care for each other and we are each other's family away from home.

I hope that's a decent little overview... keep questions coming!

This past week we had Wednesday off because it was "Todos Santos" (all saints day). Here in Bolivia most people go to visit their loved ones at their grave sites - decorating and adorning the graves with what their loved one loved most in life. It's really quite interesting and a little erie to be honest. But since we (the volunteers) didn't have any graves to visit, we decided to make a hiking day to the Muela del Diablo right outside of La Paz. It was great exercise and we got to witness some great views of the entire city! Here are some of the pics for you, although they definitely don't do it justice. I got sunburned pretty good to get you these so please enjoy!










1 comment:

  1. At this point on your adventure, in what way do you think you have changed the most?
    -Alex

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