http://www.annabama.com/journal Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:40:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The second day was a lot like the first only a little less fun because we were actually watching the repetitiveness that became the parade. Don’t get me wrong, it was gorgeous. The costumes were out of some fantastical kids’ book like Where the Wild Things Are but ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2007/03/06/carnaval-ii-slash-and-burn-finale.html Needless to say, my old fear of not wanting to be engulfed in the crowds had resurfaced by the time the Carnaval parades were to begin on Saturday morning. I knew this would happen considering my early travel history. The ol’ Brodrecht family was no stranger to piling ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2007/03/06/carnaval-i-facing-fears-drinking-beers.html I haven´t mentioned to a lot of people that Andy and I are in Bolivia.  We finished working at Bruce Peru on Friday, February 9 and officially moved out of the house the following Monday.  Since I´ll be living across town in our friend Miguel's spare room, we moved all ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2007/02/16/attack-on-good-temper.html For Christmas, our family friends sent a large box full of pens to the children in our schools. When I first saw what was in the box, I couldn’t help but smile. “Damn, she’s done it again!” I thought. Soon the whole world will be a part ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/12/26/the-summers-eve-heard-round-the-world.html When we came back from the Christmas holidays, I heard Minas had moved because they were reconstructing our building. While we use it during the week as a classroom, it is actually a church. No one would know save the moldy paintings of Jesus and water-stained portrait of ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/12/26/strangers-in-our-strange-land.html Friday morning just started off in a flurry. We woke up a little earlier than normal to get the last few little things together including cutting the fruit we’d give to the children at the party, organizing everything into what we’d bring and what we wouldn’t, wrapping the Christmas ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/12/26/christmas-part-3-show-time-at-nazareno.html About a week before the party, nothing had been done. Dennis had briefly mentioned all the girl volunteers getting together and working out what all we needed in terms of gifts. A bunch of Canadian folks got together and donated a TON of shoes but we needed to ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/12/25/christmas-part-2-planning-or-lack-thereof.html At long last, I write about the Christmas parties we held for the kids at Pamplona and Villa el Salvador. Go grab a cup of coffee and a cookie to settle in for a long Christmas tale... Around the 27th of November, I got my letter in the ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/12/25/christmas-part-1-special-delivery.html I sewed a kids shoes together today...  There's a 12-year-old kid named Rogerilio that goes to school at Villa el Salvador and has had the same pair of sandals for as far back as anyone can remember.  Looking at them, you can almost hear them begging to be put out of ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/11/29/our-many-roles.html Hello hello, Another problem has arisen... We have no oven and my unfilled Southern-girl desire to cook is beginning to agitate under the weight of far too many rice-based meals with little-to-no protein.  We do have these: a microwave a gas stove an electric water warmer So if you can send stove-top or microwave recipes ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/11/12/call-for-recipes.html To everyone has been waiting and wondering where I've been... Don't worry!  I'm here!  I'm still safe!  Life here has been really crazy hectic recently.  Aside from spending all my extra time trying to get to know this crazy city I live in, I've also added another English class to my ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/11/12/where-are-you.html For two days in a row last week, I was working at Nazarena, which is the bigger school in Pamplona.  The first day I was working, I met this adorable boy named Christian and his older brother Jherson.  Actually, his name might be Jorge.  It's kinda confusing as a lot ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/10/22/christian-hit-with-frisbee.html On Wednesday we began volunteering. A bit of preface: In Lima, Bruce Peru runs three schools. We live in Miraflores, which I previously mentioned is one of the the more wealthy barrios of Lima. The schools are in the poorer districts at least an hour from Miraflores. ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/10/15/first-day-of-school.html I left Bethany´s house early Monday morning to catch my flight at noon. I knew the subway would take a while then I had to catch a bus to La Guardia. Again, with all my stuff, both backpacks and the rolling bag, I was not looking forward to ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/10/15/flight-and-first-day-thoughts.html Sunday started with us trying to meet Bethany for lunch at 2pm. We were right on time until we got to Fifth Avenue, which was bordered by barricades and a huge crowd of people for blocks and blocks. In the center of it all was the Hispanic Culture ... http://www.annabama.com/journal/2006/10/15/new-york-new-york-sunday.html