6.27.06 Well, it’s been one week, though it feels to me like a continuation of the three months last fall. I’ve taken this blog into my own hands for the week as Merry has been sentenced to Nina’s infamous initiation of spending several days out in the villages alone with the project’s health promoters. I think she planned on attending Spanish school this week, but as Nina has deemed her comprehension sufficient, she has instead been put to use. Not only does she have to survive the week, but she is supposed to be taking pictures and notes about the godchildren (the children who have independent sponsors/ ‘godparents’ who support them) so that she can start writing reports sometime soon. Speaking from experience, as anxious as she was about it all, I am certain that this
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