Salinas, Epilepsie & Co This weekend we were in Salinas, a small village in the Andes, actually all around us, where an Italian Salesian is leading a project. The village has previously, that is, until 40 years ago, lived on a salt mine and was accordingly poor. The Salesian project operates with the farmers there is a biological and fair cultivation and production. You can then probably the best cheese of all of Ecuador, the best chocolate (all the good cocoa and coffee that is exported mostly directly to Europe, here in Ecuador's only instant coffee), the best yogurt, delicious whole-grain crackers and much more online. Now the village is very famous for its cuisine, already exported to many other Latin American countries, and tourism begins to bloom. Nevertheless, it has lost none of its charm ... you meet indigenous people on the street with bags packed llamas and donkeys.
We have eaten there and also made good walks. The scenery there is beautiful, taking me somewhat reminiscent of Austria, because the vegetation has similarities ... pine trees and flower meadows of dandelions and clover!
To visit the production we have to come back another time because this is only during the week. The padre has even invited us again, but this time for Christmas with the Chico's from our project. He says we can take walks with them, they can also stay one night for free and get paid a lot of chocolate! The superior we are now seriously ...
Wednesday evening we have nachgefeiert the birthdays of October. But this time was really a funny mood. Some of the Mädls was not good because she scolded by the Madre have been because their grades in school were not the best but still they had to pretend as if nothing had moderate and forced to dance with the Madre. The everything seemed so wrong ... behind the facade it looks then stop but sometimes different.
We also have a new project, Carlito. Which it is mentally not as good. He had a real Auszucker, where he was screaming for his mum, his head beaten against the wall, has made things broken and has beaten every which came to him in his way. It certainly was so bad that the ambulance had come and he had to inspire sedative. Now he still has his regular Auszucker, but somewhat weakened and is almost always inebriated with sedatives. As for his history, we know only that his mother has run away with another man if she took him, he is then run away or been released, we do not know. Only he has a mental illness and his mother not to get along is because he did not take his medication. Supposedly he will reside now only a short time with us, he must be treated in a hospital. This new boy is in any case the whole party to sleep through it from its sedative. In general, some of the children were crying that night. One example, as his father beat up his mom so strong and he knows that he will fight again. What I really like is that the other children can understand the most good as you feel and they are all comforting each other always.
The culmination of this whole evening was then a seizure of a girl. We just wanted to wish the girls good night and how we came into the room is quite cramped one of them in bed. The girls tell us that she was possessed by an evil spirit, and her press a Bible all his heart. In this moment of excitement I have unfortunately forgotten all what you make of epilepsy and we have only taken quickly Madre. Now that I know we have a girl with epilepsy, here I am, of course, immediately asked what you do in such emergencies, because it's not always that the Madre is reached. That was a very nerve-expensive final evening, especially since we had to calm down afterwards, of course, all the crying like crazy and frightened girl.
Thursday I had a very nice day in Santa Rosa. I have introduced a kind of point system, as I do with the children so at first had my problems do homework, I've solved so that I have them for each day where they do their homework quickly and as quietly as possible to get a point when they reached 10 points we have to do something special. That worked very well and now they had reached their 10 points. I have taken with them a 2-hour walk through half of Santa Rosa. The Senora Rosita (grandmother of the children) gave us sweet tostadas (fried corn ... very tasty!) Made and we will correct under a set great climbing tree with a view over the whole of Ambato and picnic! I have brought in addition a bottle of cola, cookies and chips and the kids were just so happy! But at some point has come back to the point where they have all started to hit the little Maira and annoy. She was constantly pushed into the dust and has not been able to stop crying ... I was back all the time just finishing the dispute and they like to discourage them to carve. This has spoiled the end of the walk a bit. This is a real problem up there, I really do not know what more I can do.
All in all it was a very nice afternoon and I was so happy when my Lysette last but a kiss on the cheek and said: "Hoy nos diver timos mucho con usted" (Today we worked with you amused or today it was very funny with you)
