¡Hola!
Today was my first day at the soup kitchen.
The soup kitchen is a cooperative effort of several women that provides a low cost lunch (30-45 cents) to about 60 people every day. Everyday a different member of the cooperative prepares the food. The facilitates are very basic. There is no electricity or gas. They use wood to fuel the stove. The single room where they cook the food is so full of wood smoke that I can´t stay inside more than a minute.
Today I peeled over 200 medium sized new potatos with a large dull knife. Then I cut them into tiny pieces. I also cut onions and tomatoes into small slices. It took me three hours to complete the work. Fortunately I enjoy cutting and chopping vegetables. Since this will probably be my job for the next four weeks, I went to the store and bought some sharper knives and a peeler.
One of the two ladies that prepared the food brought her two year-old daughter to the soup kitchen. She was a doll. It rained all morning, and as a result the dirt floor of the courtyard was muddy. The little girl played in the mud with a bottle cap and a plastic bag. She would occaisionally¨"wash" her hands in a mud puddle. She seemed to enjoy herself. Two year olds are easily amused.
When I came back to the residence, I smelled of smoke.
Well, that´s it for the moment.
cheers,
Stacey
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