Coffee tour

On sunday we went with a local villager to his house to watch how coffee is produced. We helped shell the beans (yes, I mean shell them). Then watched as he showed us how to roast them. The whole process took 30 minutes for one small bag. The good stuff is that we get to take the coffee we roasted home. And it cost me 5.50!!!!

My room smells soooooo good right now. Then we got rained on and had to stay at his house for a while til it stopped. We had Cheese its with us and shared them. They really liked it too. That was our sunday.

We also went down to the local village and asked for 4 corn on the cobs....it cost $2. Tjey gave us 19. Apparently we asked for 4 kg. oops. Still only two dollars.

The local District Hospital

Walking into the ward, it is a totally different experience. I followed around a med student and started IV's. When doing rounds with the dr, we were looking at a pt and I found out the diagnosis was TB......lucky me.

Hand washing does not exist. Gloves are in short supply. The patients buy their supplies, including meds and needles, and then we use them if they have them. If they can't afford it....they don't get it.

I also did a lot of HIV testing. That was an interesting process. There is a lot of counseling before and after. It was really nice.

Music Competition

We went to a music competition for elementary kids that started at 1200 noon and ended at 0530 am. I consider that way too long, but....

The school we went with is now going to Nationals!!!! I am so excited for them. We left at 8 am and got back at about 8 am the next day. These were 4-5th graders.

They competed on 9 different activites. The dance and folk songs were fantastic. We got to see 12 different schools. The culture is super cool to see. Lots of videos to show when I get home.