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I have begun working in conjunction with the doctors going out to communities surrounding Nabon. In these communities I discuss nutrition with pregnant women, women with children under five years, and adults with diabetes and high blood pressure. The medical team goes out to communities every other week, walking basically everywhere because of the lack of transportation. I have been out with the doctors a few times now, visiting houses and families in the communities. Its really neat to be able to go out to these communities that I previously had never been to, and I get to see more mountains and scenery as well. This May I am holding a health fair in conjunction with the doctors in a community about 45 minutes away from Nabon centro. We are going to cook food/ talk about nutrition with about 50 parents of young children who attend a day care program called INNFA, which is a nation wide program that works for child rights and postive development of kids.
I also am still working at the local colegio with the kids---I am planning some classes on sexual and reproductive rights as well as Aids education and prevention. As you can see, I have become busier---which helps the time fly by a little faster. I have still found time to relax and hang out with my neighbors.
New additions to my yard around my house have included two chanchos (pigs) one on either side of my house. They arent mine, they belong to the neighbors who live on either side of me so the chanchos border my house. The only problem with this is that they love to oink at all hours of the day and night, which makes me lose a little sleep....the other annoying animals are my neighbors roosters and chickens that love to crow and caw really early in the morning. For some reason they love my yard better than their own, so they even lay eggs in my backyard, which is not great if you walk around bare foot. the other really awful part is they love to poop all over my front stoop. so the other day when i was barefoot sweeping, i stepped on a not so pleasant something. I{ll leave you to imagine the rest.
Semana Santa (Easter Week) was last week. Nothing that exciting happened because I was hanging out in Nabon...but I did hang out with my neighbors. I am thinking about trying to go to church in my site, but the major problem is that the Catholic and Evangelical (Protestant) churches are really divided in my small town. There is still a lot of animosity between the two sects---which to me is surprising because back home I attended an i guess you could say "evangelical church" as well as a catholic youth group--and to most people in the usa there would not be this conflict between two churches that believe the basic underlying thing. My friend Ismael, who is Puerto Rican but has a Nabonesa wife and lives in Nabon, told me that two years ago there was a huge fight that broke out in front of the municipio where some Catholics began throwing rocks at Protestants trying to pass out religious pamphlets. All of this drama kind of makes me want to stay away from the conflict...or I was thinking of going to both services to try to communicate that I am not against either church but for both of them. We will see what happens!
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers! Happy Easter! |
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