Blogging: Amanda, Corie, Tricia

Amanda Vargo:

Today I felt like everything I did for everyone was not good enough with the day off from the build. It was needed but I wished I did work, it beats not being appreciated. It feels like everyone expects me to be a lot tougher than everyone and sometimes I just can´t. But for the ones that seem to be understanding it I am glad they are, or I would go completely crazy. I am glad Kim has different music than the stuff that I have had to listen to for the last five days, it´s great to listen to my normal stuff. Thanks Kim.

Corie Hordijk:

Buenos noches, everyone!
Today was a bit of a halt in the middle of the trip. Some people got sick so we had a rest day. It was good to get some more sleep after the most scary storm I have ever encountered in my life, which happened last night. The thunder was roaring, rain was pouring and the wind was so strong and loud that I thought our building would fall down! I was a little freaked out. An El Salvadorian storm is not to be reckoned with!
After sleeping the healthy ones got to go to the local market. It was a trip full of emotions. It was dark little pathways, inside tin walls, bussling with people, dead chickens, meat hanging, and seafood alive and crawling. A smelly and awesome experience! Everyone was staring with wide eyes at us and could not believe what they saw. People were in shock with my hair, one lady grabbed me and wanted me to buy a fake Lacoste shirt so badly. We then went to the biggest church I have ever been in. It had the weirdest feeling and mannequins were everywhere. But it was beautiful! On the way back to our place we stopped to buy some awesome Spanish CDs! I had the best time doing a little dancing with one of the locals! The streets here are just so busy with people! The rest of the afternoon we just hung out, went to lunch at a fast food place, which was a little odd, and we played some baseball with Juan-Carlos, the keeper of our home. I had a great day in all and loved getting some rest!
It´s Canada Day today and all I know is that we are all very fortunate to live how we live in a beautiful country!
Hasta Luego!
Love, Corie :) xoxo

Tricia Angle:

The day of rest was really nice. We had a lot of time to bond and a little more time to soak up the culture. We got to visit the marketplace, which was a little less of a shock for me than for the others, because I have had the priveledge to see a similar marketplace in Morocco. The fast food place we went to for lunch was more shocking to me. The North American invasion was a little disturbing, almost as if we are trying to push our culture on to other people because we think it is better. They did have good curly fries though =). We also learned a really cool game from Juan-Carlos! I will definitely be keeping it in mind for Balsam Lake, family!!
Love you all! Trish