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375 days ago
As much as we have tried to drink only filtered water and eat only select foods at select restaurants, we are at about 60% of adults getting sick and 50% of the kids. And the sickness is not fun. I ended up with a bacteria which totally messed up my stomach (extreme cramping and you can guess the rest). Others had just vomiting. Most having some headaches and shortness of breath from the 8,500 altitude we have been living in/and working for the past 6 days. There is a cost to this Mission thing :(. But well worth the experience!
375 days ago
Yesterday we went on what the Mission group called a “Reality Tour of Bolivia”. They essentially took us on a tour of what the Real Bolivia is like and how the children go through stages of: Their original home life Their life on the streets when they run away (from abusive homes) or become orphaned The kids who get caught up in Drugs (mostly glue sniffing) on the streets (the hardest to bring back) The kids who find their way to an orphanage (stage 1, stage 2, stage 3) orphan homes for boys and girls. Families living in extreme poverty outside of the city The tour bus drove us through areas of town where the street kids hangout – we were not allowed to get out for safety reasons. ironically, the worst area is a park in front of the local jail house and behind the theater. When there is a big event the police round up all the kids and jail them for the night so that the locals are safe going to the concert event. Then the police just let the kids out the ...
