Another day in the Life

Since most of you are not here with us..... We thought we would describe to you a typical day in Bramadero. As we happily dream in bed the bus starts to make its journey down from the town above us. At 5:30 am the horn sounds, letting all the people know the bus is coming. The bus is called the trumpet, and not because it is yellow. From this point on we know that it is possible for someone to come to our house at any time. So we sleep with our ears open, waiting for the pitter patter of little or big feet on the path outside. We have a rule with the kids, that they can't come to our house till after 7am, but there is always the chance that an adult will come. Usually to drop off a battery or cell phone to charge on our solar panel. Between 6 and 7 we have time to eat breakfast, have devotions, or take a nice bucket shower.

The rest of the day is spent between playing with kids at our house (shoots and ladders, memory, cars, coloring, reading, or running around outside) and visiting peoples houses in the community. We are working on building a base line so we can see the changes that have taken place in the community during our next 3 years. So we talk with people, eat with people, and basically just live life with them. Most days we are back to the house by 5, and it is time to cook dinner. We have about 5 or so "junior" chefs that prepare our meal, with Seth directing the symphony. We have many options to choose for dinner, spaghetti with vegetables or rice with vegetables, or you guessed it spaghetti and rice with vegetables. But the kids enjoy cooking, especially the boys. We then try to shoo the kids about by 7 so we have some time to ourselves again. Some nights we watch movies, some nights we read, or some nights we just crash. But we are usually in bed by 8 or 9 dreaming of the "trumpet".