Anyways. Today I arose at 8 and was ready to go with Maximo by 9, like we had said. But at 9:30, I got breakfast. At 9:45, I got coffee. And 10, he leaves and says he'll be right back. Lol finally around 10:15, I was on his moto and headed to the pueblo Restauración where Allison and Ryan are.
And talk about breathtaking views. As soon as you move out of the wooded circle that is my community, through the broken trees is just...mountains. Dry lands but mountains beyond mountains and trees. Then on main winding road, views go from breathtaking to views that could kill. I'll get pictures someday but it's hard on a moto lol. Incredible.
We asked a few people where the Americans live and found their house easy haha. He dropped me off and left for church. I hung out with Ryan and Allison for a bit and they gave me a tour of their pueblo. It was nice. Not even close to the size of Villa so I liked it haha. There's also another American that was a volunteer but now works for another organization and lives in Restauración. It's funny because we joked about how his job is like Peace Corps on steroids because he actually has money to do stuff. Lol no joke though, you walk into his house and it's so America. Furniture from IKEA and just... Yea. It was beautiful lol.
Around 1pm, Maximo came back with two kids. And the four of us were off. His little one (maybe 2years old) fell asleep within minutes and was falling over. So...he passed her to me. That made the 4/5 year old up front, Maximo and then me with the baby in my arms off to the side of the damn moto. INSANITY. I've seen it plenty of times but that was the first time I had done it haha.
When we got back, lunch was waiting and of course, was phenomenal. Afterwards, a few kids and I played Casino, and Maximo passed me a Christain magazine to read. For a little bit there it was just him and I reading magazines in the back in silence. Haha cute.
Later on, Maximo took me to visit a woman, Altagracia, with influence in the community. And HE suggested it. I never had anyone take me around the community in KM59... We drank coffee, chatted, laughed A LOT, she winked at me just as much as I wink, and...chased chickens? Yup. They thought it would be funny for me to toss out corn, get surrounded by chickens and watch me try and grab one. Naturally, I failed. But she grabbed a huge turkey and just handed it to me. The thing must've been like 30lbs. So I held it in one hand by it's feet and the other under his belly. Ahhhhhh haha Then I asked what I should do with it, just let it go? They laughed and said yes so I threw her and she ran off.
Then Altagracia's drunk son went in the house and brought out his rifle. And handed it to me. He wanted me to shoot it in the air and wouldn't take the gun back no matter how many times I said I wouldn't do it. His mom finally took it from me.
So today I go from holding a baby, to a 30lb turkey, to a rifle.
As we left, Altagracia gave me fruit and yucca to take home with me! And to balance out the insanity, I took the little boy that had been on the moto ride and gave him a piggy back all the way back home.
Of course, dinner was waiting when we got home and Maximo goes, "Julie? I just know that you're going to love your dinner tonight." When I asked why, he laughed and said, "Because it's yucca and you love yucca." Ugh. Why am I in such a perfect place?
More Casino followed and then I got to FaceTime a cool kid back home with shitty internet. At 9:45, I went and said my goodnights and went to bed.
Buenas noches.
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