Well after a lot of travelling I am finally in Salta! I moved in with my lovely
family yesterday. They are Noemí – the Mum and her 3 children Belén (21),
Andrés (19) and Ezekiel (15). We live on the edge of the barrio about 10mins walk from the project.
Every morning the church runs a guadería (nursery) and feeding
programme for local children (about 20) in the tough barrio and on Monday
afternoons they also run a programme educating
children about looking after themselves and abuse. Today they spoke about the importance of communicating
through games and stories and what to do if you are abused. The kids and
teachers had lots of examples of abuse that they had experienced themselves or
heard about from others. Apparently it is a big problem here :( There were about 10 kids and you
could tell some of them had just walked in from playing on the streets but they
were great fun and laughed a lot :) The
kids in the guadería were also brilliant-I think it only took 30 seconds before I had one sat on my
lap! We ended the day with hopscotch
after a good lunch of mashed squash and meatballs!
It’s a funny week in Salta as the next 3 days
there’s a big religious Festival. It
means that the kids will be off school and they got a day off today because it
is teacher’s day so a lot of them
took presents in on Friday and today they all had a day off-great idea!!
I could go
on but I don’t want to bore you with the first Argentine post!
Just a
little note for the pray-ers;
-Please pray
I soon feel settled and get my bearings-it’s crazy not knowing where anything
is and having to learn from scratch how to use a washing machine, shower, make
a cup of coffee and even wash-up!
-Pray for
the church ‘Casa de Dios’ and the brilliant workers.
-Pray for
Noemí and her children.
Thanks and ¡hasta pronto!
Jo xxxx
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