{"id":1371,"date":"2013-02-03T16:03:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T21:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2013-02-03T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T21:03:41","slug":"just-another-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/2013\/02\/03\/just-another-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Just another day"},"content":{"rendered":"

7:00 am \u2013 I woke up, got out of bed & got myself ready for the day.\u00a0 I slept in this morning.\u00a0 It was so nice to have the extra hour of sleep.\u00a0 I feel refreshed and ready for the day.<\/p>\n

7:15 \u2013 As I was putting in my contacts at the bathroom sink, I remember a plumbing problem we\u2019ve been having with the bathroom drains.\u00a0 So, I grab some tools and fix it.<\/p>\n

7:40 \u2013 I had dishes from the night before.\u00a0 So, while I washed dishes, Katie made breakfast.\u00a0 We decide to head out the door to visit some Nahuatl friends about 9am.<\/p>\n

8:00 \u2013 We sit down for breakfast \u2013 an egg, toast with sugar-free guava jam that Katie made, and chai tea.\u00a0 Yum!<\/p>\n

8:15 \u2013 Jasmine arrives and asks for diapers for her neighbor\u2019s newborn.\u00a0 We are surprised at the birth of the new baby.\u00a0 We knew the mother was pregnant, but suspected her due date around April because of her size.\u00a0 We sell our visitor a few cloth diapers for her neighbor and offer her coffee because it\u2019s cold.<\/p>\n

9:15 \u2013 Francine arrives, a 13 year old who has a few days off school because the teacher is at a teachers\u2019 workshop.\u00a0 She\u2019s bored and wants me to make bread for her.\u00a0 I tell her I really don\u2019t have time to make bread.<\/p>\n

9:23 \u2013 Jasmine leaves.\u00a0 The solar panels have charged the batteries enough for us to turn on the inverter to use the internet.\u00a0 Katie checks her email.<\/p>\n

9:40 \u2013 Katie comes outside to visit with Francine so I can check email quick and get ready to go visiting. Francine wants to buy clothes, but she doesn\u2019t have any money on her.\u00a0 But, she wants to see all that we have to sell so if she wants anything she can come back with the money later and buy it.\u00a0 We have some second-hand clothing and blankets that we make available to the people for very cheap.<\/p>\n

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Heading out to visit the family in these houses and their neighbors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9:58 \u2013 We\u2019re finally on our way out the door to visit.\u00a0 We stop off at Katie\u2019s language helpers\u2019 house on an errand.\u00a0 Then, we head next door to see the mom with the new baby, taking a present of crunchy tostada shells for the mother and a baby bundle, a gift we give to all newborn babies. (a fleece blanket, cloth diapers, a change of clothes, socks and a hat)\u00a0 Many times, women have NOTHING for the baby when it is born.<\/p>\n

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A mom and her 2 day old baby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

11:30 \u2013 We finish visiting and start to head home, stopping by the store to buy a few things we need \u2013 powder milk for coffee and some ramen noodles.<\/p>\n

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Our town store - if you want a Coke or chips, they always have it. If you want tortilla flour, wheat flour, or beans, you might be out of luck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

11:35 \u2013 The store is closed.\u00a0 Owners aren\u2019t home.\u00a0 They\u2019re probably working in their fields as it\u2019s nearing harvest time. I\u2019ll have to go back later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

11:45 \u2013 We get home.\u00a0 I check email again and load new recordings on my MP3 player to listen to while I make lunch.<\/p>\n

12:00 \u2013 I start getting lunch ready, listening to Nahuatl recordings at the same time to continue studying language while I work in the kitchen.\u00a0 Sweet Potato & Carrot Curry with Canned Chicken!<\/p>\n

12:35 \u2013 My Tuesday afternoon language helper arrives early.\u00a0 Lunch is not ready.\u00a0 I ask Katie if she\u2019s okay eating whatever she can find. \u00a0I\u2019ll finish the lunch later for supper.<\/p>\n

12:40-1:30 \u2013 Leyo helps me with language questions that I\u2019ve accumulated in the last few days, and we talk about culture \u2013 personal property and community property<\/p>\n

1:30-2:00 \u2013 Leyo hangs around for some visiting.\u00a0 We talk about what\u2019s happening in the village and when I\u2019m traveling to town next\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Leyo and her youngest sons and her granddaughter. The boys can be super goofy when they're all together!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2:00 \u2013 Leyo leaves, so I finish making lunch which will be supper.\u00a0 I made extra so we can eat it several times this week, storing it in our solar powered refrigerator.\u00a0 I cleaned up the kitchen, washed dishes & listened to some praise music instead of Nahuatl recordings because I was TIRED.<\/p>\n

3:30 \u2013 I\u2019m re-energized and ready to study.\u00a0 I sit at my desk and transcribe two texts that I recorded a little bit ago about what is a good person and what is a bad person in the Nahuatl\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

4:15 \u2013 I finished transcribing, so I check my time sheet that I fill out every day.\u00a0 What do I need to focus on with my time that\u2019s left for today?\u00a0 I have 6 hours on my time sheet already with 2 hours left to my goal.\u00a0 I need to work on analyzing grammar and writing up what we\u2019ve found in grammar.\u00a0 And, I need to process more recordings so that I can listen to the speech patterns & write down the cultural information to pass to my teammates.\u00a0 I\u2019ll see what I can get done yet\u2026<\/p>\n

4:17 \u2013 I went to Katie\u2019s office to ask her a question and ended up listening to the Nahuatl story she\u2019s working on\u2026. A bear grabs a girl while she\u2019s out pasturing the cows and drags her to the edge of the cliff.\u00a0 But, then he grabs her little pocket mirror to admire himself.\u00a0 As he\u2019s looking at himself, she kicks him in the back and he rolls over the cliff.\u00a0 Nice story!\u00a0 We end up exchanging language info, talking about new words we\u2019re learning.<\/p>\n

4:40 \u2013 I grab a blanket to wrap up with on the couch as it\u2019s getting chilly now.\u00a0 I\u2019ll work on grammar for a little bit.<\/p>\n

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Trying to figure out the complexities of the Nahuatl grammar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5:00 \u2013 Katie\u00b4s laundry lady returns from washing her clothes.\u00a0 Katie invites her in to warm up with a coffee.\u00a0 I greet her and add to the conversation here and there in Nahuatl as I type out Nahuatl grammar rules in English on my computer.<\/p>\n

5:15 \u2013 Other visitors arrive; I quickly save my work and put away my computer so I can help Katie host people in our house.\u00a0 Since it is chilly, I offer the new arrivals coffee.\u00a0 I heat water for them, make coffee, and visit with them until the coffee is drunk.<\/p>\n

5:50 \u2013 All the visitors leave.\u00a0 I sit down again to get a little more grammar work done.<\/p>\n

6:30 \u2013 Our co-workers, Pete & Liesl, arrive for some prayer time together.\u00a0 I heat up supper for Katie and I and we eat while we catch up.\u00a0 How is Milo<\/a> understanding the Bible teaching?\u00a0 \u00a0Have you heard anything new about when the well drillers<\/a> are coming?\u00a0 Did you know there\u2019s a new baby in town?<\/em>\u00a0 Then, we pray.<\/p>\n

8:00 \u2013 Prayer time over; Pete & Liesl head back to their house.<\/p>\n

8:15 \u2013 Katie and I watch a show on our little 9in portable DVD player.<\/p>\n

9:00 \u2013 I\u2019m reading through the Bible, and right now I\u2019m in Jeremiah, reading his prophecies to Judah after the first Babylonian invasion.<\/p>\n

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, and have made the their hope and confidence.<\/em>
\nThey are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.<\/em>
\nSuch trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought.<\/em>
\nTheir leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit. Jeremiah 17.7-8<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

9:40 I turn the lights out and hope to sleep soundly, because there\u2019s no sleeping in tomorrow!\u00a0 I\u2019ll be up before 6 to go running with Liesl.\u00a0 And, I\u2019ll do a day like this all over again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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