Daily life
The other day Noelle, Vienna and Treava all had friends over so we decided to go to the la gancha to jugar soccer. The girls soccer skills have improved tremendously here. THE LOCAL kids have amazing footwork. Often they play in their bare feet on dirt fields with lots of glass and what not. Yet no one ever gets hurt. After an hour of play with 20 local kids joining in I was exhausted.
On the walk home a young man of 20 walked with us. He was from a different barrio (city). I comprehended 75 % of what he said. Ya hoo! I`m finally understanding and speaking enough to not be totally dependent on my daughters. Although the other night a person knocked on the door and I answered with Treava at my side . The man asked something and I responded lo siento no comprendo and treava said 2mOM HE WANTS TO KNOW IT YOU WILL GIVE HIM 15 CENTS. so even treava`s comprehension surpasses mine.
Anyhow the young man asked if he could bring us fruit from his finca (farm). We parted ways and continued on our way home to be called by a group of kids to come. THEIR FAMILY WANTED TO PRESENT US WITH A GIFT of oranges without seeds that are very sweet. We graciously accepted and chatted. then we continuedd on. Next we were stopped by a woman who invited us into her home. she gave us platinos. our arms and hearts were loaded as we left for our house. This is a daily occurance for us. or people stop and knock on our door offering gifts. we try to keep track and then Noelle bakes banana bread and we take a gift to them Maybe the word is out on how delicious Noelle`s bread is. true but the hearts of these people are amaxzing as so many have so little.
Treava`s fall had me experiencing nightmares for 3 days. I misunderstood and thought they were giving her a mild sedative. When they went to take here into the operating room both Treava and I protested. Karla`s (the el salvadorian who lived with us in alaksa) sister WENT AND TALKED TO HER BROTHER-IN-LAW and said you need to let her go in with her. So before I knew what was happening I was suited up and Treava and I were in the surgery room. All I can say is god was looking out for us.
We were so lucky to be with Iris and raul when it happened as Rauls brother is a plastic surgeon. I really do believe that out of bad comes good and god looks out for us. So god was looking out for us when we were at Rauls. But then the gift in all of it was we had to go see rauls brother 3 times. Raul`s relationship with his brother had been estranged since his mothers death 3 years ago. On our last visit Raul and his brother spent one and a half hours tàlking and crying together and healing their wounds. When Raul told me this I cried seeing the connections in the world.
There are so many gifts here i could go on for hours but my family is hungry. Fijole sopa for dinner. lisa
4 Comments:
It sounds like you are having a great experience. Steve is now retired! We are going to be looking at some property in Idaho.Hope to hear from you again soon. Ellen
Dear Lisa -- I want you to know that people are reading what you write, even if they don't respond. So keep writing! The stories of the invisible connections becoming visible are great. Our eyes can be more attuned to the not-so-obvious when we're out of our usual element... one of the many wonderful things about traveling.
I'm so glad to hear how quickly your Spanish is coming along. How exciting! See you soon, someplace.
Heidi
Hi Lisa and family,
Well, we're about out of here. You can follow our progress on Maya's and Freya's blogs:
http://maya.chay.org
http://freya.chay.org
I hope we can cross paths.
Grins and best wishes,
Dan
Hello to all of you. This is Christie and I am so sorry it has taken me so long to catch up. Cassi did receive the email Treava sent. It is more my fault that she was unable to respond until recently. Things have been very busy here with the Holiday fast approaching.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and catching up on your experiences. I have started reading it to the girls to catch them up as well.
It's funny that you mention the gifts that come from the unexpected.
After you all gave me your blog address, before you left the state, I checked into it and started our own. Right after that I lost your blog address, until now but the gift was that I started one for our family as well. It has been a wonderful experience for me and our extended family.
I saw in a previous comment to one of your posts, someone requested a mailing address. If you could forward that on to me, Cassi has been collecting thing to send to Treava and we have some soccer stuff to pass your way.
I am really glad to have finally found your blog address and hope this post finds you all well and enjoying life.
Good wishes to all of you.
Take care,
Christie Holmes
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