First of all, I finally took good pictures of El Picacho from down in the city, so here they are (refer to the "So I Got to See Jesus Today..." post). Enjoy!
So last Saturday, Steph, Annie, Christian and I met up with a new group from Mississippi and took them down to the fresh food market. We all split up into groups again, bought lots of produce, and then made 50 food buckets. I got some good pictures at the market this time.
El hombre
After we packed up the food buckets, we went to a village named Reynel Funez to pass out the food. **Side note** While we were on the bus, one of the older women in the group asked where I was from. I told her I lived in Philadelphia, and she replied, "Philadelphia, Mississippi??" I had myself a little chuckle in my head, and said that I lived in the city of brotherly love, and not the gambling town that was near where she lived. Actually, I didn't know until later that day that a Philadelphia, MS existed. You learn something new everyday...
Anyway, it was really gratifying to hand out food to the different families. These people didn't know we were coming, and then were given about two weeks worth of food! They were all so thankful! When passing out food, you have to be pretty systematic about it. We couldn't just hand the bag of food to someone on the street; we had to walk to their home and give it to them there so we didn't give one family more than one bag of food. We also had to work quickly, because when the food runs out, people get agitated and may start a riot. No worries though, we were able to pass out a lot of food in a short period of time, and were out of there before anything bad happened!
Some of the homes we took food bags too
Annie, Christian, and Steph, hard at work!
Two cute kids who were very excited to get food!
I had just given this woman a food bag, and she let me take her picture - don't worry, I ask in Spanish!
Aww...look at the perro getting a bath!
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