This Week Was A Good Week

Let it be known that the week of April 8^th-14^th 2013, was a good one. 

Monday:  I finally bought the vermiculture worms I’ve been hunting for.  Weeks of phone calls, visits to municipalities, hassling, and light begging finally came to fruition.  I happily walked to my house with a plastic bag full of worms. 

Tuesday:  Every Tuesday, I have geography class with the 6^th graders of Micaela Bastidas elementary.  The endgame is to finish the World Map, but it’s been raining for every class and we weren’t able to get outside.  Finally, this beautiful Tuesday, it didn’t rain and we drew South America and most of Oceania and eastern Asia. 

If that wasn’t enough, I got to talk to an American friend I had been playing weeks of phone tag with just before he left the country.

Then, there was this sunset. 

Wednesday:  I cruised around Carhuamayo, buying and delivering materials to make the worm beds.  I got to chat up the brick lady and ride around in the back of a motocart.  Everything was in position.

Then, this puppy wanted to be my friend and let me rub her belly.

Thursday: We installed worm beds in two elementary schools.  The kids did most of the work.

They had a better time than it looked like.  Props to Jhan on the end.

Girls like worms!

The kids at Primaria Caceres were much better smilers.  Here, you say "whiskey" instead of "cheese."  I'd take either at this point.  

 

Handfull of worms, surrounded by kiddos, not bad.  

A little child labor never hurt anybody, right?

The finished product!

Friday-Sunday: Regional meeting in the jungle with all my friends!  Cremoladas, blue morpho butterflies, and we used the regional grill for the first time.  

Here's the view from our hotel room.

We went to a wildlife preserve and saw these disco-ball chrysalises.  

And even had some hammock time!

Presenting, the grill.

We might not have chairs, but we do have steak, chicken, veggies, cocktails full of jungle herbs, and plantain and pineapple kebabs.  We love you, grill.