The sick folks (all but, Amy and I) were feeling much better this
morning. Walker insists the Cipro cured
him, but Doña Celia thinks it was her special herb tea. Amy and I are going to La Villa while the
others stay and rest. I hooked Mike up
with Civilization Revolution on my iPad and he loves it. Amy thanked me because now she thinks she'll
have no trouble convincing him to buy an iPad.
When we got to La Villa we joined the weekly Bible study
for the mamás and tias (who act as sort of substitute mamás). After they finished, Amy announced her
departure as Director of Amistad. There
were lots of tears all around.
Generally, I think it went as well as could be hoped. We distributed the dishes and utensils for
each house that Laura had bought. We
played a bit with some the kids before it was time to go.
Amy wanted to walk back to La Morada and after some
convincing
they agreed to let the two of us do so. We left about 20 minutes later than I
normally do and it was a very different walk.
First, we ran into little Mario coming back from school with his older
sister. He insisted on hugs and being
lifted up in the air. Then, about 15
minutes into the walk, a school let out and the streets were full of children
of all ages walking home. There was
noise, color, and activity all around, unlike my usual solitary walk home. About 15 minutes later Jose Luis, our bus
driver, was waiting for us and took us the remainder of the way home.
Later in the afternoon, Susana took us into town. We ran into one of the protests. Oddly, the vice president was speaking. We never could get a good explanation for
what kind of protest includes speeches by the government. We did some shopping for more Cipro and
souvenirs before returning for some meetings and playing with the kids. One of the boys, Wilson, felt obligated to
rearrange my hair. We all then got into
a play fight throwing some bean-like pods from a tree.
When we returned, Mike was still playing on the
iPad. Amy now says she blames me for
creating a new addiction for him!
In the evening, we had dinner with the high school
girls. Walker held court with this group
that he obviously cares deeply about. It
was good to see the step between being kids and college students.
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