Well today we were back in the Community. Ryan and I went to a place called the Subcentro to teach about hypertension and diabetes. After an invigorating discussion about both, we took blood sugars and blood pressures from the all the adults there.
So one thing about community is that you have to ride around A LOT to different places. First, we are picked up at the hotel at 7:30 by our driver, Luis, who takes us to Hogar de Cristo where we then get on a large school bus. The school bus picks up other workers and volunteers going out into the community, and then we get to the community center. From the community center, 10 of us load up into the back of an ambulance to go the school first, then the remaining people are dropped off at the Subcentro. We got there at 9:30 and ony stayed until a little past noon. It's all very interesting to just show up some place and start teaching like you know stuff. That's what it was pretty much at the Subcentro. We just got out of some ambulance, walked up to people sitting around the building, and started teaching with out posters. They like it though, so it works!
For some insane reason, Amber and I went running on the Malecon yesterday afternoon. It was a good run though, and I'm certain I heard someone whistling the Rocky theme song...I just couldn't tell where. Haha, I don't think that has ever even happened in the states in all my days of running.
After that, we went to the market and then got dinner (chicken, beans, and rice) for one dollar! Every meal was a dollar. It seemed to good to be true, thus, I took some extra precautions...and demonstrated in the photo.
We all went to a health fair at a church stake after that and didn't get back until 10:30, so it was a pretty busy day! We have a lot of loose ends to tie up for a few studies we're doing down here...so we're kinda in a time crunch. There was a lot of stress going around, but I'm hoping it'll all turn out okay...without people losing too much sleep!
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