Our first days together

I finally have some images to post. These are from when we first arrived in Santa Cruz and we were at the home of Tito and Yolanda.

We had cooks at the house who kept us well fed. Tito and Yolanda have some neighbor ladies (I believe it is a mother and her daughters) who they hire to cook for groups that stay at their house.

It´s so dry and dusty here, so every day we all had dirty feet. Amanda, Rachel, Grael and Leah solved this problem by washing their feet in the laundry sink.

After church on Sunday, before we split up into our homes, we took the opportunity to take some pictures. Here is Rachel, Grael, Kirsten and Sara L hanging out.

After Sara L. and Grael left, some of the girls found out that there is a roof area that was accessible by stairs. They decided to do some posing for me. This roof is above the courtyard area between Tito and Yolanda´s house and the dorm area where we stayed.

Then they wanted to go back down to the courtyard and do some “jumping” pictures off a little ledge. This was the result. I was literally laughing out loud looking at these pictures. My shutter speed was too slow so they are a little blurry, but they are still pretty funny.

More of the girls had to leave. Here is the “tunnel” the girls made for Kirsten, Alyssa and Margo. Notice their sad faces.

Sara M, Rachel, Amanda and Leah watch from behind the bars at the house as the girls pack up and ride off with Lidia. I just thought this first picture was funny. The second one was their sad faces, again, as the bid farewell to their friends.