It takes a long time to move 25 World Racers. In order to get to Lomo De Corvina we walk
about 5 minutes then we take a bus for about 15 minutes then we walk another 15
minutes up a hill of dirt. Candice,
Emilie, Mari, and I had hoped to make it to Lomo early to knock on the doors of
the women we met yesterday, but by the time we made it to the top of the hill
we had little time before our meeting.
We then had to walk another 5 minutes through the sand and past the many
barking dogs. I think there are just as
many dogs as people in this town. They
all come out running and barking; in order to get them to go away the locals make
a hissing sound through their teeth and act like they are going to throw a rock
(or they actually do throw a rock). Mari
picked up a big stick after a group of five or six dogs started chasing after
us.
We walked up and down the two streets knocking on the doors
asking the women to come. Four women
attended and two more said they wish they could attend, but had to pick up
their kids from kindergarten. One woman
brought out two chairs and the rest of us sat on the sand. The women shared stories of where they had
lived before Lomo. One woman moved to
Lomo from the Jungle with her husband and has not seen her family in four
years. All of the women are homemakers
and they sew in the afternoon when the food has been cooked and the laundry has
been attended to. They receive about 30
cents for each sweater they sew together.
They are able to complete about 4 or 5 sweaters daily. We shared some mandarin oranges and crackers
with the women and talked a little bit with them about our faith life. They were very excited when we said we would
be visiting again.
This afternoon the cooks from the church brought us a lunch
of rice and rooster. The meat was very
tough and gamey, but the rice tasted delicious.
I shared my rooster with a little girl that cleaned the meat off the
bone. After lunch we enjoyed a game of
sand volleyball; I was amazed by the skills of the kids on the court.
