La Minga

The workers started building the new community center. The library is going to be moved to the new center, and there will be a lot more space. Kari did not want to workers going home for lunch, because if they did, they would probably take a 4 hour lunch break, so we got together a ton of food and cooked food for them. The three of us chopped, and a few Ecuadorian ladies cooked everything. The sad part was, Kari asked a lot of women to help, and they just look at her or say they are too tired to help. It was us “gringas” serving the food to the men, and not the community like we wanted. We did have some help from the few women who did cook.

chopping

Chicken before (Live in a bag)

Chicken After

All of us at Punta Prieta

Dancing at Punta Prieta

After serving the men who could each eat buckets of rice, we ate and got ready to go to Punta Prieta for a triple birthday celebration. At about 3pm, we got on a bus and headed towards this beautiful beach. It was Jennifer, my friend Megan, and my professor Cath’s birthday this week, so we were celebrating them all. We grilled on the beach and swam and hung out. I made my host sister Fabiola come because she is so awesome. We tried to speak Spanish to her a lot. Later in the night, they opened the bar just for us. We all danced for a while, and then Joe drove us Tabugans home.