anyways:
So i’m sitting here trying to work on my community
diagnostic, coming up with all these genius plans of what I could potentially
do to improve the community, but of course no ideas about how to implement the
particularly ambitious plans. I could
help the libraries come up with more money
so they can stay open and actually lend books to the people…because
money grows on trees right? Oh and I
can help all the Haitian kids get their papers so they can continue their
educations, because I know so much about DR bureaucracy and all… isn’t
idealism fun? I can do it! Maybe. But I decided to take a break from my
dreaming to update you all, because knowing me, this post still won’t be up for
at least a week.
You know, I did read about this one volunteer who came up
with a plan to make money for the her library in Ghana so it could stay open
and be sustainable. She put solar panels on the roof and people could pay to
use them to charge their cellphones. It’s a great idea because, especially in
places like this where we always have cell service, but don’t always have
electricity, it benefits the library and the people. Plus it would promote
reading which is an impact I would love to leave behind here. So I need to take
a page out of her book and get creative!
Ok funny story. My friend Alex just texted me that he was
showering and dropped his soap. And when he bent over to pick it up he grabbed
a giant toad the size of his hand. Welcome to the DR!!
Alright I’m off to help a bunch of missionaries build an
enramada in the church and paint symbols on the houses here. It’s funny but
once a few houses have a cross or a bible painted on their house, suddenly
everyone wants one!
Ok more news: the owners of the house I’m renting have
started building my latrine! And the best part of this news is that the place
to shower will be a separate structure. Gracias a dios. I would hate to shower
in a latrine… and that’s all I’m gonna say about that.
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