Our day of service

We couldn't have had better weather for this day. It was sunny and warm and we felt energetic. The day before we had hiked up to the small community  called, Tanka, and learned what we would be doing and then worked for a couple of hours. Our service project was to put a mixture of mud and cactus juice from a cactus called "Giganton" between the rocks of a ten to twelve-foot retaining wall.

Some children as young as five appeared and started helping us. We sang some songs with them and chatted as we worked, When we stopped for our picnic lunch, we took some pictures with them.

It truly was an unforgettable day and we felt so good about what we got done for the community. 

 

 

 

We learned that before there was shampoo, hair was washed with this cactus so back at our home stays we washed our hair with it and we had super soft hair. That evening we had a very special dinner in a field with our families. The food was cooked under the ground and is called "Patachanca".