Disclaimer

I was thinking...
Since I only post pics of places and events that don't really have to do with Kalacha or what we are doing here it could be slightly confusing for people.

To explain : Cameras are not looked at kindly. By taking a picture of someone's camel you are stealing their blood... blood is life. So I can't just walk around town with a camera. Out of town with our team or with friends we can have the camera but I don't often get to take pics of everyday life here in Kalahca.

So the types of events that DON'T get picture posts are things like...

- Mobile Clinic - we went with the nurse Gloria on a mobile clinic. There were 6 of us in total, Gloria (the nurse), Ware (Gloria's help and translator), Paul (the pastor), Abudo ( the mechanic and translator) and then Barbara and I were just tag alongs. With the car we can bring health care to people who cannot get into town on a regular basis. Gloria gives shots for the kids, weighs them to make sure they are not malnurished and does general health care as well. Paul does a small talk about God, the Creator of all, the healer and the reason why we are out there doing this for them.

- Girls night - Barbara and I started up a girls fellowship night. We want to create an atmosphere where we can get to know them, learn with them as well as give them opportunity to ask and discuss things. Most of the girls here are quite shy so to help with that we eliminated the less shy/louder guys so the girls have a chance to talk and ask. Before our 'study' time we go to play ping-pong. None of us are very good, but it is sure fun to try!

- Olla Arangesa - This is the village that Barbara and I spent out homestay at. We go back every once in a while to visit. It is only an hour or so walk from town so we head out while the moon is still the main source of light and come back before lunch. I love spending time in the outside villages, there is a very distinct difference from 'town' life! The only thing is that we have to drink SOOOO much chai! To be good hosts they have to have us to their house to drink chai, which means we have to go to each hut to drink chai! Luckily its a small village... only 4 huts. BUT the cups in the villages are twice as big as the ones in town, so we drank the equivalent of 7 cups of chai in 2 hrs time! We need to practice our refusal techniques!