It’s our 6th day in Chilca, our host family is great. Our mother is an excellent cook and there is never a shortage of food. One of the daughters, Shirley, is an English student who we have been tutoring in exchange for much needed Spanish help. We had been doing this a couple hours a day until she left two days ago to take her English exam in Cusco. She will return on Saturday.
The work is going really well. We’re making good progress hauling the 50 pound adobe bricks up to the school. Yesterday we had the day off due to rain, which allowed our sore muscles to heal up for a big day today of carrying dirt. During this day off we had a chance to either go fishing, sit in on classes at the school, hike around, or hang out with our host families a little more. I (Evan) got to see first hand the problems with education here in Peru. The second class I sat in on was an environmental studies class and the teacher just lectured the entire time. Half of the students decided not to go to school that day and half of the students that attended weren’t even paying very much attention.
It’s hard to believe that a week ago today we got on a plane at Reagan and departed for Peru. Our group, on the whole, has been getting along great. Everyone seems to really enjoy the trip so far. Jason and Brett have been helpful to have in the same house. They wake us up when we need to, translate all the Spanish we don’t understand, and keep us on schedule, which is tough when neither Ethan nor I have a clock. Today at work we are supposed to have many local students help us with our laborious activities. Hopefully this will allow us to get a substantial chunk of work done, and maybe even finish the guinea pig barn.
...Evan and Ethan
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