So next friday will be my 17th birthday and I am so excited. I feel like I have been 16 forever, and I am sure my parents would love for me to never get any older. However, I can not wait. I am counting down the days. I plan to go out and Kareoke with all of my friends here. Which obviously will be a blast because I can do a great Cher. Although besides looking forward to completeing another year of life, I also have been doing a lot.
On Thursday people from Canada came to Loja to give out wheelchairs to adults and children who really needed them. It was so wonderful how the people did all of that. I left school early with my friend (the queen of the Loja Rotary Club) to help set up and put people in the chairs. It was extremely wonderful to be able to help them. The people from Canada could not speak any spanish, so my president asked me to take them on a tour of the city. We went around some of the places that for me really make Loja so special. For example, the town square with San Sebastion Tower and one of the churches that on the inside has tons of paintings and what not. It was nice to be able to translate for them and to also get to be around people who are so devoted to helping people who have nothing.
On Friday I helped my English teacher translate a document into English. Well she translated, I typed it. Everyday the power keeps going out and since I have a laptop I could type it for her. It was a lot easier especially since it was fourteen pages. It took us two hours, but we got it done. She needed the papers by Saturday because it is a proposal for a Women's Shelter. My English teacher already has a foundation where she looks after children in hospitals and other things, but she wants to do more. She wants to creat a place where women and children can go to learn skills to make them self dependant. It would be a home for women and children who have been beaten by their fathers or husbands. It is truely a great thing that she wants to do. If anyone is willing to help with this, or furthermore, with her foundation please contact me through e-mail. Every little bit counts.
On Friday the women from the United States also arrived in Loja. They are touring Ecuador helping in schools and bringing things for schools without much. They are doing a great deal here for the people with so little. They are staying in Ecuador for a month which is a long time to be touring. They are so devoted and so wonderful. I am truely greatful to have gotten the chance to meet them. Each of the women is so different, but also so wonderful and charming. It was also nice to finally be able to talk in English with people who remind me of my mother. They have good hearts, great personalities and love their families. It can not explain what a joy it was to see people from my country really helping the less fortunate. It makes me so proud to be an American let me tell you.
Today we went to Vilcabamba with everyone. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of horse flies and they bit me sooo bad. I have over 27 bug bites on my legs. Not my version of lucky, but hey it happens. We had a very delicious meal. However, we ate fish and squid. Yes, I acutally ate squid and octopus! It didn't really have a taste, but still I can't believe I ate it. Still it was deffinitally a one time thing and I am looking forward to eating other food again. In a little bit I am going to Ana's house to have a sleep over with her and Valeria. They are my two best friends and it's nice to have a girls day with them. So happy.
This past week a soldier from our town and my church was killed in Iraq. His name was Ben Sherman. He was killed trying to save another soldier. He was a very bright charming and handsome young man with a baby due in March. He is a hero of our great nation and my thoughts and prayers are with his family. May he rest in peace and may his wife and unborn child live a healthy and full life. It is a sad day when a man dies, however, his family must be proud of this great man. Please pray for him and his family.
I must go now. Off to hang out with my friends. I love girls nights. Write more later.
On Thursday people from Canada came to Loja to give out wheelchairs to adults and children who really needed them. It was so wonderful how the people did all of that. I left school early with my friend (the queen of the Loja Rotary Club) to help set up and put people in the chairs. It was extremely wonderful to be able to help them. The people from Canada could not speak any spanish, so my president asked me to take them on a tour of the city. We went around some of the places that for me really make Loja so special. For example, the town square with San Sebastion Tower and one of the churches that on the inside has tons of paintings and what not. It was nice to be able to translate for them and to also get to be around people who are so devoted to helping people who have nothing.
On Friday I helped my English teacher translate a document into English. Well she translated, I typed it. Everyday the power keeps going out and since I have a laptop I could type it for her. It was a lot easier especially since it was fourteen pages. It took us two hours, but we got it done. She needed the papers by Saturday because it is a proposal for a Women's Shelter. My English teacher already has a foundation where she looks after children in hospitals and other things, but she wants to do more. She wants to creat a place where women and children can go to learn skills to make them self dependant. It would be a home for women and children who have been beaten by their fathers or husbands. It is truely a great thing that she wants to do. If anyone is willing to help with this, or furthermore, with her foundation please contact me through e-mail. Every little bit counts.
On Friday the women from the United States also arrived in Loja. They are touring Ecuador helping in schools and bringing things for schools without much. They are doing a great deal here for the people with so little. They are staying in Ecuador for a month which is a long time to be touring. They are so devoted and so wonderful. I am truely greatful to have gotten the chance to meet them. Each of the women is so different, but also so wonderful and charming. It was also nice to finally be able to talk in English with people who remind me of my mother. They have good hearts, great personalities and love their families. It can not explain what a joy it was to see people from my country really helping the less fortunate. It makes me so proud to be an American let me tell you.
Today we went to Vilcabamba with everyone. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of horse flies and they bit me sooo bad. I have over 27 bug bites on my legs. Not my version of lucky, but hey it happens. We had a very delicious meal. However, we ate fish and squid. Yes, I acutally ate squid and octopus! It didn't really have a taste, but still I can't believe I ate it. Still it was deffinitally a one time thing and I am looking forward to eating other food again. In a little bit I am going to Ana's house to have a sleep over with her and Valeria. They are my two best friends and it's nice to have a girls day with them. So happy.
This past week a soldier from our town and my church was killed in Iraq. His name was Ben Sherman. He was killed trying to save another soldier. He was a very bright charming and handsome young man with a baby due in March. He is a hero of our great nation and my thoughts and prayers are with his family. May he rest in peace and may his wife and unborn child live a healthy and full life. It is a sad day when a man dies, however, his family must be proud of this great man. Please pray for him and his family.
I must go now. Off to hang out with my friends. I love girls nights. Write more later.
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