This post is from our weekend activities. The first two pictures are from the market here in the town of Curahuasi. The first one is of a traditional Quechua woman who was doing some shopping for the week. Most of the items for sale are produce that the farmers bring from the campo. Angela is in the second picture buying some onions from a local woman. There is a daily market in town, but the Sunday market is by far the largest. We bought our fruits and vegetables there this week.
The next two pictures come from a hike we took on Saturday morning. We woke up at 430am and and started a tough hike. We passed some of the local people later in the morning that were working in the fields. These are the typical patients that we see in the clinic, so it was interesting to see where they live and work. The picture above is of a young Quechua boy in front of his family's house. They live alongside their animals - cows, horses, chickens. The next picture is of us with Amy Morton and Alex Brunner. Amy is a midwife from Vanderbilt that also goes to our church in Nashville who is here to work at the hospital. Alex is one half of Alex and Laura Brunner who we mentioned before, but are the physicians who are here in Curahuasi for 2 years to work at the hospital. If you look closely at Angela´s foot, you will notice that her left foot is shoeless. After hiking 1.5 hours, we had to cross a river. We all took off our shoes and tossed them to the other side first, but Angela´s toss over was more of a toss up and into the river. Chuck walked in the river for an hour to find the shoe, but it was washed away. So Angela had to triple sock and hike back 1.5 hours with no shoe! Another one of the hospital workers has let Angela borrow some hiking shoes now. Thanks to Petra.
The last picture is of Chuck showing Laura Brunner how to make popcorn on the stove. This is an important picture because it is the one and only thing that Chuck will ever be able to show Laura how to make. She is an incredible cook here with very limited resources and the Brunners have been kind enough to host us for at least one meal every day.
This post is from our weekend activities. The first two pictures are from the market here in the town of Curahuasi. The first one is of a traditional Quechua woman who was doing some shopping for the week. Most of the items for sale are produce that the farmers bring from the campo. Angela is in the second picture buying some onions from a local woman. There is a daily market in town, but the Sunday market is by far the largest. We bought our fruits and vegetables there this week.
The next two pictures come from a hike we took on Saturday morning. We woke up at 430am and and started a tough hike. We passed some of the local people later in the morning that were working in the fields. These are the typical patients that we see in the clinic, so it was interesting to see where they live and work. The picture above is of a young Quechua boy in front of his family's house. They live alongside their animals - cows, horses, chickens. The next picture is of us with Amy Morton and Alex Brunner. Amy is a midwife from Vanderbilt that also goes to our church in Nashville who is here to work at the hospital. Alex is one half of Alex and Laura Brunner who we mentioned before, but are the physicians who are here in Curahuasi for 2 years to work at the hospital. If you look closely at Angela´s foot, you will notice that her left foot is shoeless. After hiking 1.5 hours, we had to cross a river. We all took off our shoes and tossed them to the other side first, but Angela´s toss over was more of a toss up and into the river. Chuck walked in the river for an hour to find the shoe, but it was washed away. So Angela had to triple sock and hike back 1.5 hours with no shoe! Another one of the hospital workers has let Angela borrow some hiking shoes now. Thanks to Petra.
The last picture is of Chuck showing Laura Brunner how to make popcorn on the stove. This is an important picture because it is the one and only thing that Chuck will ever be able to show Laura how to make. She is an incredible cook here with very limited resources and the Brunners have been kind enough to host us for at least one meal every day.
1 comment:
Beautiful and informative pictures!
Chuck., I thought you could make Pop Tarts!!
Aunt D
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