Caleb & Della: 4/18/14: Day 47: Puerto Rico

Our hot water for the shower stopped working yesterday so I took it apart today to see if it could be fixed. I found the problem and it could not be fixed so at 10:15 I went to the store to get a new one. It was hard to get to the store because of a massive catholic procession that was going on right in front. There were at least 500 people watching. They had different religious figures on platforms that they kept carrying back and forth bowing them to each other (failed to have my camera with me). I decided that I didn’t have all day so I darted right through the procession. I was able to install the new one without any problem. I got half way through my first shower in three days when the fuse blew because Lucky was taking one at the same time. We ate lunch while Della finished making a poster to advertise free haircuts. I left to open the church building at 12:05 for the group from Puerto Rico. They arrived at 12:15 and I helped unload the food bags and other supplies that they had brought. They got all setup a bit early so Della decided that she wanted to get the back of her hair cut (the power was out last time). She had three people working on her at one point. I told Lucky that Della should just run away and she said I shouldn’t make fun of her when she is upset about her hair. When they finished she had hair all over her face so she went home to wash off. When she came back, to my surprise, she said she was happy with it! People were served by 26 bags of food (family sized), 30+ haircuts and 36 were seen by the doctor with medicine prescribed. The entrance to the town was closed for a massive procession. I left at 4:00 out the back way to go to Shucutitan to get the teens. The road was so steep that cars were bottomed out and squealing their tires to get out. The van hit pretty hard but I made it with a running start. Edgardo helped me gather 7 teens. One we hoped would come couldn’t. I was afraid that we wouldn’t be able to get back in Ataco but we managed by 6:00. Paolo was waiting at the house when we got back. The teens watched Frozen while Paolo and I worked on an origami scorpion. We ate spaghetti for dinner and ice cream for dessert. We told everyone it was time for bed at 9:30. Paolo was afraid of our dog… afraid of a little puppy. We managed to complete 24 of 99 steps for the scorpions so will have to finish another day.

There are eleven people total spending the night in our house tonight!