Today Dr. Iglesias had a meeting with the US Navy about an upcoming mission trip, which was fortunate for us because we both were pretty sick (we probably should have listened when they told us not to get drinks with ice) There is a maid who comes to clean the apartment on Fridays, and she probably thought that we were the biggest losers because we didn't explain to her that we were sick. I mean seriously, who travels 6 hours to another country to lay in bed all day and watch movies. (tvshack was our best friend today, we downloaded 2 movies and 2 tv shows, i love the internet) Anyway we took some meds and hopefully will be feeling better tomorrow... read more

Today we went to another orphanage Immaculate Heart of Mary in Sonsonate about an hour outside of the city. The drivers here are totally crazy!! It is completely normal to pass on one lane roads so that you only miss hitting the oncoming cars by seconds. Also one of the highways we took today was 2 lanes in each direction but at one point the road was closed in the opposite direction so the cars going in that direction were using our left lane, but with NO warning! All of this is further complicated by having to avoid cars randomly stopped in the road and people changing lanes at terrifying speeds, not to mention the pedestrians who take their lives in their hands and cross anywhere they want. But anyway, this orphanage is very large and ... read more

Today we had the morning off so we went up to the park that is about 3 blocks away and went for a walk. The park is really beautiful and shaded by trees with peeling bark that is yellow, orange, red and green. It is in a fancy neighborhood and seems to be a popular place for exercise. We are planning to go for walks there whenever we don't have to start work too early, especially beacuse we are planning on doing a 4 hour hike to the volcano our last weekend so we need to get in shape! After breakfast we prepared our bags for work and then studies some Spanish because we both definitely need A LOT of practice. In the afternoon we went to an orphanage for children with HIV. The kids were ... read more