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Day 3-4
We got to sleep in!!! And it was glorious. Emily and I had
bought some breakfast stuffs the night before and we had ourselves a little
feast while everyone else was still snoring away. Rich came over and joined us
and eventually we ended up basking in solitude…Emily worked on some homework
from a summer course she took right before we left (SO glad I didn’t take it…Idk
how she’s doing that right now), Rich read some nerdy-looking book, and I
blogged away (that is how you got the first post…tada!).
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| No, that is not a bag of carrots....just carrot bread....bahahaha. |
The majority of us decided to go back to the mall for lunch
and other groceries. Emily re-fell in love with chicken…haha…we’re such bad
influences.
Met two ladies who are from the Peace Corps and apparently
there were a TON of new Peace Corps volunteers arriving that night. Random fact of
the day. Thankfully, I slept through their arrival at midnight.
Later that night, we had a group meeting to brief everyone
on what exactly is going on. Huzzah! I actually know what we’re doing now! In
order to assess climate change and how it affects nutrition in the three areas –
highlands, lowlands, and coastal areas – we are conducting Key Informant
Interviews with leaders of different offices, focus groups with local farmers
in the three areas, and case studies with select farmers who have children.
Fascinating, I know. ;)
Our group finished up pretty quickly and started assembling
our community gifts we brought. Hilarity ensued and the teasing began. Monique’s
phrase, “shots were fired” has quickly become popular in our group. Haha.
The next morning (aka, today), we woke up early and sat
through almost 4 ½ hrs of lecture at IIRR on climate change and disaster risk
reduction. Fascinating presentations (no, seriously), but all of us were super tired and had a
hard time paying attention for the whole thing. Lemme tell ya, the struggle was
real, people.
After a quick lunch we headed off to the ADRA office and sat
through another presentation – this one being a bit more engaging.
Then we jetted
off to AIIAS (pronounce: I-S| Adventist International Institute of Advance
Studies). Did NOT know this campus existed. It’s absolutely beautiful and the
people are so hospitable. We met with the AIIAS MPH students who gave us a tour
of the campus and then had prepared games and dinner for us. It was really neat
to find a bunch of other like-minded people on the other side of the world. Do
you know how awesome it would be to work with these people in the future in
some random country?! By the end of the night we were laughing and sweating
together as if we’d known each other for forever. Here’s to hoping a strong partnership
and collaboration forms over the next few years between LLU and AIIAS.
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| They're everywhere!!!!!! (If you went to an Adventist College/University, you | 'll understand.) |
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| Game time! It got pretty intense...... |
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| One of the Americans at AIIAS decided to expose the rest of his class to haystacks! Haha. |
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| Roommie twinsies!! |
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| Actually a bunch of us ended up matching today. Haaaaaaaah. |
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