DR Week 1

Its crazy to me how slow and yet fast a week can go by. Whenever i think about it i can hardly believe we’ve been here a week...but then again my tired body is quick to remind me. This week has definitely taken it out of us—I dont think most of us have ever been so excited to sleep in until 830 before! Then again, a week full of traveling thousands of miles, one beach day, 4 clinics, and a night of mofia conspiracy theories has the ability to take it out of you. To be totally honest though, i really wouldn’t have it any other way. Though some moments have left me overwhelmed and other with a definite feeling of helpless—but the end of yesterday left me encouraged with the mucho apparent joy of the people in the community as they left the clinic has found me more encouraged that the work we do does indeed impact the people more than we know. In all truth the impact is in fact reciprocal. I feel so privileged to be sharing in the work of the body of Christ—to be working in some of the same capacities that Christ did. Yesterday I was able to clean and bandage the feet of a little boy who came into the clinic with multiple sores which were infected, some even bleeding—I got to wash his feet...like Christ... wow... In the end, though I’m SO excited we got a day off today off to go to the beach...and find out that Jese won the bachelorette (yah, we—minus the boys—are still freaking out!), Im mucho excited to serve in the sugar cain feilds next week!
With love-
Marica (aka Panchita)

Best quotes of the week—

“(Request for clinic phrase translation) Will you join the revolution?”
-Porfirio (aka Zak)

“Ashley, if a guy points a gun at your team you do not walk up to him and say, ´excuse me, do NOT touch my team´, OK. You throw your hands up in the air and deficate in your pants”
-Lolita (aka Leigh)

“You guys, if someone attacked me I think I could get out of it—I´m small and agile!”
-Lupita (aka Ashley)

5 minutes conversation about the mofia and guns passes...2 minutes later “Oh my gosh—u guys—that guy has a gun!” ...awkward silence
-Panchita (aka Marica)

“Why do you automatically make the guy from East LA pick the lock to the cabinett in your room...Leigh, get decent”
-Tinoche (aka Eric)

“Me nombre es Porfirio (musical accent included)”
-Porfirio

“Thinking like the mofia, all im going to say is that our hotel would make a very good place to launder money”
-Tinoche (aka Eric)

“Guys shut the heck up—I´m SO freaking tired! Zak, get your half naked body out of my room!”
*Disclaimer: swim trunks were worn
-Petra (aka Kaile)

“What should be CK´s DR name” ...(hours later) “Guys—let´s call her Chiwowa” (much laughter follows) “Hey, we can call her ´Chiwi´for short!!!”
-Lolita (aka Leigh)

“(In Spanish) I love my large pants”
-El Peirco (aka Steven)

“(also in Spanish) I have a large head that is a brick”
-El Peirco (aka Steven)