Sorry that I haven't been able to update in about a week now. This week was incredibly crazy. Tons of sick volunteers, plus both a supervisor and a volunteer went home this week. The adjustment to life with one less staff member has been going fine, but there has been so much to do involving the youth encuentro (which was a ton of fun!) and the sick volunteers. My weekend involved a night at the hospital, keeping a sick one comfortable--but it ended up being one of my better nights of sleep. As it turns out, hospitals are MUCH quieter than staff house, and their beds are MUCH for comfortable.
The encuentro went really well. The volunteers and their youth counterparts really got into the team-building games that we played. Everyone enjoyed lunch--pizza and tres leches cakes--and the community presentations of CBIs went well. We were really disappointed because our partner agencies didn't give us the support that they promised us, but it all worked out in the end and we're working things out with the Ministerios.
Kristen Highum, the AMIGOS Regional Director from IO, visited our project this week, so staff house was super full. Even with 1 fewer staff member, we had Kristen plus 2 volunteers--one waiting for her flight home on Monday and one sick one. The volunteer who went home early has been in staff house since Wednesday, and the earliest flight that IO could get her one was on Monday. So, now it's Monday morning, and it's definitely nice to have one fewer house guest. The sick volunteer is going back to her community today, and the supervisors are out on route. It's fun to have everyone around the house on weekends, but it's always nice to have a quiet house again at the beginning of the week, however dirty the house may be...
One other interesting tidbit of news: Kalani is coming to visit today! WOOHOO! It'll be SO nice to see someone from home.
I am a bit weary after the LOOOOOONG week and even LOOOOOOOONGER weekend. I miss everyone. Pazzzzzzzz,
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