Leigh's first squeeze play....
As many of you know Leigh Buchan, co founder of Global Support has decided to take a leave of absence from real estate and invest her time working with Campos Blancos and the children's Center in Iquitos Peru for a couple of months. IT is our belief that a thorough understanding of the projects that we decide to co labor with can only be achieved by this concentrated time and effort.
Leigh will be keeping us up to date with weekly blogs. In the meantime this is her first one, sent shortly after she arrived.
ALL IS GOOD! I'm in Iquitos, Peru, experiencing my second full day! Yesterday, my first full day, I spent most of it on the back of a motorcycle heading out to the Children's Center (orphanage) construction site and about 100 stops before and after getting there, okay, an exaggeration, but there were a few errands to do along the way, like changing the oil in the motorcycle, purchasing two large machete knives for the workers at the land, getting more water for me as I wasn't sure I had enough.
Weaving our way through traffic in the city I kept my eyes open most the time, but found it necessary to close them on occasion rather than notice if we made the squeeze play or not. We were successful on all counts, so that was a good notch on the belt. Out in the country the road was fairly clear and paved. There were no impending issues.
The construction at the first house of the orphanage is near complete. A few more items are needed before the first family and street kids can be moved in. Concurrent with the construction is the selection process for this family. A few have agreed to go through the process, so hopefully before too long, the first group will be moved in.
On the return trip we stopped at a restaurant area that also had a lake for swimming. I was a little suspicious as the color was quite black. I was beckoned in and didn't want to appear too chicken, so took the plunge. The water looked like oil, but wasn't oil. To view my arms under the water, they were a dark brown while only submerged a couple of inches. It is a very acidic water that the vegetation creates and is well known in the Peruvian jungle area. The high content of acid keeps the bacteria count very low, so it was really quite safe to swim in. That was reassuring to me, as I've seen a lot of contaminated water in these parts. There were no alligators in it, that was also reassuring.
Monday I will begin Spanish classes, which I'm anxious to do, then also see what kind of organizing I can help with at Campos Blancos here in Peru. Talk to you soon. Thanks for all your prayers and support! Hasta luego!
Leigh
Global Support
Leigh will be keeping us up to date with weekly blogs. In the meantime this is her first one, sent shortly after she arrived.
ALL IS GOOD! I'm in Iquitos, Peru, experiencing my second full day! Yesterday, my first full day, I spent most of it on the back of a motorcycle heading out to the Children's Center (orphanage) construction site and about 100 stops before and after getting there, okay, an exaggeration, but there were a few errands to do along the way, like changing the oil in the motorcycle, purchasing two large machete knives for the workers at the land, getting more water for me as I wasn't sure I had enough.
Weaving our way through traffic in the city I kept my eyes open most the time, but found it necessary to close them on occasion rather than notice if we made the squeeze play or not. We were successful on all counts, so that was a good notch on the belt. Out in the country the road was fairly clear and paved. There were no impending issues.
The construction at the first house of the orphanage is near complete. A few more items are needed before the first family and street kids can be moved in. Concurrent with the construction is the selection process for this family. A few have agreed to go through the process, so hopefully before too long, the first group will be moved in.
On the return trip we stopped at a restaurant area that also had a lake for swimming. I was a little suspicious as the color was quite black. I was beckoned in and didn't want to appear too chicken, so took the plunge. The water looked like oil, but wasn't oil. To view my arms under the water, they were a dark brown while only submerged a couple of inches. It is a very acidic water that the vegetation creates and is well known in the Peruvian jungle area. The high content of acid keeps the bacteria count very low, so it was really quite safe to swim in. That was reassuring to me, as I've seen a lot of contaminated water in these parts. There were no alligators in it, that was also reassuring.
Monday I will begin Spanish classes, which I'm anxious to do, then also see what kind of organizing I can help with at Campos Blancos here in Peru. Talk to you soon. Thanks for all your prayers and support! Hasta luego!
Leigh
Global Support
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