We´ve got a Sickie on our Hands!

Well, we made the looooooooooooooong trek down to the south of Chile. The south where there´s trees, miles of lush green, beautiful flowing rivers, the sound of rain...and the COLD! Aaaah! Yeah, it´s definitely a bit cool. The funny thing though is that in some ways it´s warmer here than at home in Copiapo. In Copiapo it´s freezing at night and in the morning. In the day though it´s super warm. Becuase of this nobody buys estufas...or heaters for their house. Therfore at night and in the morning you are quite cold indoors. In the south though everyone has one of those wood burning stoves (Kind of like your´s, mom and dad). Therfore, being inside is super cozy.

We came down south with a super amazing Christian family we met through another volunteer. The wife is of German decent and they live out on a farm with a small colony of other Germans. Her mom and dad live in a huge farm house just down the way. We have enjoyed walking, relaxing in front of the fire, admiring the green, and hearing the rain outside. These enjoyments have only occurred as of late though...at least for poor Jason.

The trip was very, very long coming down here. 11 hours from Copiapo to Santaigo. 6 hours from Santiago to Concepcion. 5 hours from Concepcion to Temuco. 1 hour from Temuco to the farm. All of this traveling in a bus, breathing everyone´s air, not sleeping well, not eating well...you get the picture. During the last part of the trip Jason started feeling a little weird. By the time we got to the farm it was evident that he had the beginnings of the stomach flu (not the swine flu...no worries). He got a fever and the whole montty. Pobre hombre! Anyways, he´s doing a little better. The fever is all gone and he´s able to walk around a bit but he´s having some trouble kicking the stomach part. Please pray that he get´s better soon. He needs to be able to travel back home soon. We have a long trek ahead of us once again!!!!

Anyways, we will update with pictures of our trip and all that jazz when we get back to Copiapo! We prepared for lots of green! Woohoo!