Hola! I am glad to say we have arrived safely in Cuenca! It took us 2 days to get here. We flew into Quito which is the capital of Ecuador and there we stayed the night at the OSSO house there. There are 2 orphanages here in Ecuador one is Cuenca and one in Quito. Quito was a big city, there was graffiti everywhere and run down buildings. The people drive so crazy here we saw a flame thrower in the middle of the street! The next morning we flew to Cuenca at like 7. It was only a 45 min flight and the air port was soo small! When we arrived we were greeted my the Rosarros, the people that live in the house and run OSSO. The house is actually pretty nice. A lot nicer then I was expecting. There are 5 floors. We only use 3 of them. the other 2 are for visitors and project directors. Next door is the other house where the Rosarros live upstairs. on the main floor there is a kitchen where Catalina (the cook) cooks and a computer room and a "family" type room where we have a t.v. So as for today we went and visited 2 of the orphanages, the first one is called "torres" and it is run by catholic nuns. There are babies, toddlers and young children there. They are soo cute! You can definately tell they are in need of us there because a lot of the children went unatteded because of shortage of staff. They were a lot nicer then I expected. The other orpahanage is OSSO's orphanage. There are a lot of special ed kids there, many with cereberal palsy (SP?) and other young kids, probably no more then 2 or 3 years old. I will start my first shift in the orphanages tomorrow at 7. We work until 12 when we go home for lunch until 2. Everyone shuts down and goes home for lunch, it is the biggest meal here unlike dinner in the states. The next shift goes from 2 to 6. We will have a shift off every once in a while when we can go out and do whatever we want. We saw a short part of the city, where we had ice cream!
Some of the things that are definately different from the states....
- You can not flush the toilet paper, so it all goes into a waste basket.. gross I know
- There are fireworks that go off randomly, at first we thought it was gun shots! not quite sure what the reason for the fireworks are yet
-no one stops at stop signs or wears seat belts
- Hollister, AE and Aero are very popular brands here, they are either fake or brought from the states.
Love you all! Here is a short bit of my adventure so far. These kids definately need loving people just to give them hugs. I am so blessed to be born into a family with loving parents.
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