Buenos tardes!!! It is friday afternoon around 2:30 here in Vinto, Cochabamba! I am so excited to be able to talk with you all about this trip! I am only going to be able to get to the internet once a week so I will try to fill you in as much as I can! I have had such an experience already in the 3 days I have been here! The first Bolivian theing I learned was hoe to play wolliball! It is a lot like volleyball but you play in a square room and can bounce the ball off the walls! It is a blast to play! Yesterday was my first day at work! The hospital is actually really nice! I worked in internation (which is were the really sick people stay!) It was kinda slow but I had a patient that most likely has Tuberculosis! For all my nursing friends, he had a great case of edema in his feet! I got pictures! After work, we went to wash children in the dump! This was a very humbling experience!! The dump is basically, a dump. It is a very poor part of Chochabamba! We were blessed to give the children a bath! It broke my heart to see how dirty and malnourished they were! These children were so excited to come sit in this small bucket of cold water to get a bath, that a lot of them were stripping down before it was there turn! (be reminded that it is winter over here) It was amazing to be able to experience that!!
Today, we worked in the clinic until about noon. I observed one of the doctors, I sat in with him as he examined each patient. He actually had me listen and do a lot of what he did! I gotta tell you, it is so frustrating not to be able to speak the language! I am trying so hard to pick it up! I have said a lot of funny things, but, I am learning! This afternoon we are going to an orphanage to play with the kids! I am really excited about that. Tonight is San Juan, which is a holiday over here. It is supposed to be the coldest night of the year and the whole city burns things. They say at night there is fire everywhere and it gets so smokey, it is hard to breathe! We are going to participate in the San Juan games which lasts until like midnight!
I also wanted to mention that we are like 9,000 fett above sea level! Wow! It is hard to breathe when jsut walking down the street! I was told to drink a lot of water, like 3 liters a day which is next to impossible for me! Pray that I don´t get sick! :)
well I know there is a lot more to tell you, but, I have to go. My ride is waiting on me! I will try and get another post next week!
until then,
with lots of love,
Colleen
posted by Colleen @ 11:39 AM
5 Comments:
Wolliball?....isnt that the same game Robbie and Patrick played upstairs on Friday nights with that huge ball? You should have already been good at that game sister.
He is Risen,
B.J.
Counting down the days till you get home on my myspace. I am glad and prowd of you for going. i know how nervious you were, and its great to hear how much God has blessed you already i can only imagin how it will be once you get the language down a bit. keep it up girl we are all praying for you. have fun. _ Rex
Girl I lived in Germany for 2 years and never spoke German! You'll get through it... I used a generic kind of sign language! lol You are a lot smarter than me though...so you'll probably be like Tris and pick it up quickly! I'll pray for your "drinking" habits! :)
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I am so glad your are doing good and enjoying yourself. I really miss that Colleen smile. Brian (AKA..Brain) just cut his first tooth just this week. Today is Sunday and he has another coming in. The bottom middle teeth. He is now sitting on is own. I am praying for you and ya-ya you did not get lost at the airport..
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