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de viaje otra vez

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

tonight we are leaving Pisco to go to Arequipa. i feel like i have been sick with one thing or another for the last 3 weeks. i hope when we leave my immune system can pick back up again. we took some photos with Fabiola, la mujer de la torta (cake lady) last night. she really is lovely, giving me advice and free goodies to help me feel better. and of course her vanilla cake always makes me feel better. Al has been feeling sick these last few days as well but we both feel a bit better today. since the last post i have gotten a throat and mouth infection which means i am on 2 more antibiotics and pain killers. my mouth is so sensitive i can only eat really soft foods. but it is getting better little by little. last sunday on valentines day i sang at a cultural festival on the beach 2 latin american pop songs with my friend Yoni and then he sang a song in Hebrew because he was born in Israel. it went very well and i was not nervous at all. later in the afternoon we asked them to put on salsa music and Al and i danced for a while, a bit rusty because we have not had much time to practice this last month here in Pisco, but everyone was really impressed, a few Peruvians were taking photos on their phones. PSF has 2 dogs, Manchito and Gringo (its a joke) and they were both at the festival, Gringo was circling us and barking while we were dancing which was really funny, i wish we had a video of that.

on tuesday then i went to the Cuban doctors again who know me well now, the nurses face lit up with a big smile when she saw me. i think the antibiotics are finally working. it was expensive but i had to buy a bottle of listerine. it hurts my mouth at first but then numbs it for about half an hour and it does not hurt at all.  i have to do that before bed especially to help me sleep.

we were told there are no early morning buses, so we will leave tonight. there are still several people from the local community that i hope to find, along with packing up our bags.

espero que todos esten bien.

chao con amor! 

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pisco sin fronteras

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

last week mid week i was on a job in desamparados trench digging again in the sun all day after having a tiny but severe sunburn on my lower back (from when i ore a borrowed shirt that as a tiny bit too small and when i worked the previous day it had come up a bit in the back without my realizing) i think i overheated so much that it made me ill. i did not realize how dehydrated i as, but i got sick and could not stop. it made me dizzy and after doing my best to apologize to the shopkeepers whose store i had vomited in front of several times, i just layed on the sidewalk until the others were able to call a car to take me to the hospital here i had an IV drip of 2Liters of a saline which quickly brought me back to good health. they also gave me an injection to relax my stomach muscles. that night i slept surprisingly well and the next day felt great but decided not to work until at least this week. but then my sunburn worsened and blistered, so i have not worked since, outside of housecleaning and some cooking that is. health wise it has been a difficult week because on saturday afternoon al got sick as well, he became dehydrated but could not keep down any water or foods. on sunday morning i took him to the hospital to have the same rehydrating drip (suero) that helped him a lot too. on monday morning we went to the cuban doctors on the other side of the panamericana highay and got medicines and they mandated some tests which i am still in the process of realizing. but the first test today tested negative for parasites which is a good sign! hopefully again tomorrow.

this computers keyboard is very funny, it will not let me press the w key hich is very annoying but funny at the same time.

al is still not feeling very well, he is taking the week to rest and hopes to be back full strength next week.

we are taking good care of each other, drinking a lot of water and other rehydrating solutions and gatorade, and now are both eating full meals again. dont worry about us because we are both doing much better now.

i may not have written about this yet so i will take thi opportunity to do so. al and i are officially engaged! on new years day he asked at 1 in the morning and i was already almost asleep, he asked (in spanish of course) if i wanted to marry him and i mumbled yes without opening my eyes and went to sleep. i did not think this as anything big because many times before he has asked me if i would marry him. he took off my ring that marie had given me and i was wearing on my left ring finger and replaced it ith a beautiful turquoise heart ring that he had made for me, exactly as i want. i was half asleep and did not pay attention to this, i thought he just took off my ring and put it back on.  al, being the patient person he is decided to wait until the morning when i realized it as different. in the morning i woke up and al asked me again if i would to marry him, i told him yes and he said, good then, look at your finger. i looked and was shocked when i saw that it as a different ring than the night before! we are not getting married this july, our plans have changed a bit but we are now engaged and will be getting married, just a littler later than originally planned. we are praying that the Lord will lead us to married life at the right time.

bueno chicos, nos vamos.

¡dios les bendiga a todos!

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trabajando duro

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
here in Pisco we had another day of hard work. i went to the child care center with guitar and sang and taught some guitar lessons. yesterday i spent most of the afternoon jackhammering and i am getting much better ... [Continue reading this entry]

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trench digging

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

i had a very long post typed up and lost it all, so i will try to retype a bit. we finished our first week of hard service work here in Pisco, i have been trench digging and jackhammering (yes i ... [Continue reading this entry]

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trench digging

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
i had a very long post typed up and lost it all, so i will try to retype a bit. we finished our first week of hard service work here in Pisco, i have been trench digging and jackhammering (yes i ... [Continue reading this entry]

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estamos en Pisco

Sunday, January 24th, 2010
before leaving Cajamarca i decided to get my hair trimmed and was very happy when we found a salon that cut my hair for 5 soles, $1.60. cheapest haircut ever. we took a night bus to Trujillo, got in before ... [Continue reading this entry]

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