Since my last blog a lot has happened. There were tropical depressions/ storms that affected hundreds of thousands of people here in El Salvador. It rained ten days straight and the sun was nowhere to be found. Bridges and roads were washed out and many people lost their homes and, unfortunately, about 3 dozen people died. The President issued a national emergency warning and PC put us on “stand fast” as a safety measure, which means that we were not allowed to leave our communities.
A river runs through my community at three locations and many families live really close to it. The river had already flooded by day 3 and many people weren’t able to SAFELY leave their homes. My host Dad tied a rope from one side of the river to his store so that people could hold on to it when they braved the rains and left their homes for shopping. On day four of the stand fast I went to my neighbor’s house to make food packages for people that couldn’t leave their homes to go shopping. Each package contained 1lb. bags of rice, beans, sugar, and salt and a small bag of cooking oil. We made about 200 packages and then delivered them throughout my community. It was a good day and I felt great being able to help out my community. Some communities were hit really hard and it’ll take some time before they’re up and running again.
After ten days of rain and no sunshine, my furniture, house, shoes, and clothes were covered in mold and everything smelled gross. I really believe that my house was making me sick. I woke up with terrible headaches and swollen eyelids. I couldn’t stand being in my house, but I didn’t dare to leave out of fear that a tree or boulder would fall on me (landslides are very common) or that the river would wash me away. Finally the rains stopped and the sun showed its beautiful face, gracias a DIOS! The battle of Mya vs. Mold could finally begin! I took an entire bottle of bleach to everything that could be bleached. I soaked all of my clothes in soap (and more bleach) and threw a lot of stuff away. I am really glad that this is my last rainy season in El Salvador. Mold makes me gag and I just hate seeing it.
In other news, I will be home 4 or five months!!! I am so excited to be done here. Overall, I’ve enjoyed my time here, but I am anxious to start the next chapter in my life. I’m curious to see what God has in store for me.
Take care,
Mya
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