5-19-2011
Today I started getting into the routine of things. I slept well through all of the dogs barking and roosters crowing, and today was a little hazy, so I didn’t have the sun peeking into my room in the morning. I met up with Zach at a local park in Lumbisí where we walked together to the guardaría (daycare that FEVI sponsors). I met up with another volunteer from Switzerland and we watched over the little kids and they absolutely love to hold our hands and have us push them on the swings. That is a lot of work, since there are so many kids. It is fun to be apart of their lives and involve them in as many things as possible. We’re talking 3 and 4 year olds, so it’s a lot of fun! We also serve them snacks and almuerzo (lunch) before we leave to help out the elderly in the community. It is extremely difficult to push a wheelchair up hills, speed bumps, and dirt roads along the way to the cafeteria. Most of the roads are made of brick/stone, so there are a lot of bumps to go over with the wheelchair.
The people here are so welcoming! Walking down the road you say “hola” or “buenas días” to everyone you walk past. It’s a very friendly environment and I hope to get to know people while I’m here for 3 months.
The afternoons are pretty much open. Zach opens the FEVI store and most of the time we stay there for a while before we’re off to other things. FEVI has started a sewing class for the women in the community, so we got to see what is was like watching these women sew! I wish I would have learned to sew before coming here so I could teach more women instead of learning from them! Zach and I talked a little bit about the projects we want to start in the next few months. Hopefully our plans will work out. It is difficult to start programs when I’m not sure of whom I need to reach out to. I hope to organize what the programs will look like and go from there…
This is the view from the "park" in Lumbisi, right next to the FEVI store. I'm pretty sure it is the Cotopaxi volcano.... 
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