{"id":1151,"date":"2013-07-22T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T19:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2013-07-22T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T20:05:22","slug":"a-day-at-the-sitio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/2013\/07\/22\/a-day-at-the-sitio\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day at the S\u00edtio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1152\" title=\"DSCN7025\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7025.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7025-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1154\" title=\"DSCN7020\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7020.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7020-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1155\" title=\"DSCN7021\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7021.jpg 413w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7021-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7021-344x500.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Karina trying to decide if she&#8217;s okay with these new sights and sounds and smells.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1153\" title=\"DSCN7027\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7027.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7027-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7027-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The farmer, Carlos, explaining to us that a sow gives birth to more piglets than she has nipples.\u00a0 So the piglets fight their way in and bite to hold on to mom and not get pushed off by other piglets.\u00a0 This hurts the sow, so she shakes them off, rolls over, and generally a few of them get crushed by mother sow.\u00a0 In order to avoid this, the farmer has to remove the piglets&#8217; sharp little teeth.\u00a0 Then the sow doesn&#8217;t get hurt and doesn&#8217;t shake them off, and in exchange for their teeth the whole batch of piglets get to live.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o3dUPRvqruQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1159\" title=\"DSCN7036\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7036.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7036-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7036-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As the piglets grow they are moved into a new pen with all the piglets of the same size.\u00a0 Each time a new batch of piglets moves up, the bigger batches each move over to the next pen.\u00a0 When they reach a certain size they are sold.\u00a0 The farmer sells 30 pigs a month, so he keeps them coming in 30&#8217;s and moving up to the next pen in 30&#8217;s.\u00a0 Notice the tarp on one side of the barn. This is called a curtain barn, which is without walls but has tarps on one side to keep the sun off the pigs while the breezes blow through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1160\" title=\"DSCN7038\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7038.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7038-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We knew it had been too long since the girls had been over to the Halverson&#8217;s house when Karina, discovering an egg next to the pig barn, logically concluded that it must have been left there by the pigs.\u00a0 Actually, a few of their hens are crazy ones that leave their eggs wherever they please all over the farm.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like a treasure hunt &#8211; you never know where you might find one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1161\" title=\"DSCN7040\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7040.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7040-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7040-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sorghum to grind up with other grains and minerals for a balanced meal fit for a hog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1162\" title=\"DSCN7044\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7044.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7044-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7044-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Speaking of meals&#8230;we had churrasco (Brazilian style barbecue) with rice and feij\u00e3o tropeiro &#8211; the kind of beans mixed with manioc flour that the cowboys used to take with them on their long drives.\u00a0 We weren&#8217;t the only people visiting; Carlos&#8217;s daughter had come home from Bible school for a visit and brought some friends with her.\u00a0 We all sat on benches or chairs, walls, or the floor of the empty extra house, and talked for hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1163\" title=\"DSCN7042\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7042.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7042-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7042-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cali and Karina found a peaceful, shady step to sit on while they ate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1164\" title=\"DSCN7048\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7048.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7048-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A view to give you a taste of the terrain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"DSCN7049\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7049.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7049-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7049-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Walking back to the main house where the family lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1166\" title=\"DSCN7050\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7050.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7050-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7050-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Karina looks so little on the trail by herself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1167\" title=\"DSCN7059\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7059.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7059-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7059-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A friend.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KImPXnprmyI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Bible School students practicing for Sunday night worship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1168\" title=\"DSCN7060\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7060.jpg 364w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7060-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Isaiah picking a sweet tangerine for himself.\u00a0 A band of wild monkeys came swinging and leaping in to swipe tangerines off the tops of these trees, too.\u00a0 But they ran away and hid when they saw us, so we didn&#8217;t get a good picture.\u00a0 Those guys are fast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1169\" title=\"DSCN7063\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7063.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7063.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7063-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7063-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The girls with Tia Jaci.\u00a0 Cali and Karina are the reason we met the family in the first place &#8211; they met Tia Jaci and got attached to her on a day trip with the church ladies months ago.\u00a0 Ever since then we&#8217;ve been planning to go out to the farm to spend time with Jaci&#8217;s family and see the pigs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The girls were thrilled that it finally worked out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1170\" title=\"DSCN7070\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7070.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7070-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jevon-rich\/files\/2013\/07\/DSCN7070-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was a good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Karina trying to decide if she&#8217;s okay with these new sights and sounds and smells.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 The farmer, Carlos, explaining to us that a sow gives birth to more piglets than she has nipples.\u00a0 So the piglets fight their way in and bite to hold on to mom and not get pushed off by other 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