Teguc at last!!!

June 22nd/23rd-Day 14/15
    So the bus ride wasn't the most fun thing in the world.  It was about 10 1/2 hours, lots of getting on and off the bus, switched buses, just not a very fun start to the day.  We made it to Teguc about 2ish and had lunch downtown near the airport.  Then went to the warehouse to start sorting boxes of supplies so that they'll be ready when the team comes in on Friday.  We were sorting things for about 2 or 3 hours and made made a ton of progress.  We then came up to the mission house, unloaded our luggage and got settled into our rooms.  We went out to dinner, a large number of us went to the mall to eat and see the USA-Panama game but when we walked in the front door we saw highlights of the only goal scored.  So it was a bummer we didn't get to see it but at least we won.  We then came back to the mission house and I went straight to bed and the others had devo and stuff.  I went on to bed because about halfway through the bus ride I started getting a headache.  After we left the warehouse it had started getting worse and I started almost shivering I was so cold.  Then at the mall, as I was in long pants and a jacket and still cold while everyone else was in shorts, my head felt like it was going to explode.  From my neck down I was freezing but my head was on fire.  I had a pretty bad fever and vision was a little blurry at times and they said that my face was really red too.  But the good news is that I took some meds, went to bed and felt like a million bucks when I got up this morning.  So first-a scorpion, second-electric shock, and third-terrible and mysterious headache and fever. 
    Today we started getting up around 8 to leave for the warehouse by 9:30.  I designated myself to be the person to bring up the rear so I got up about 9:15 but I was sick last night so I had an excuse.  We were at the warehouse all day breaking down the stuff even further than we did yesterday.  Loaded up medical stuff on the bus to bring back to the mission house and I'm now sitting here just waiting for dinner.  Not a whole lot of excitement.  Today was a lot of lifting and grunt work and tomorrow the larger group comes in.  Tomorrow we will have to crank up the intensity quite a bit.  So far nothing out of the blue has happened to me yet but we are waiting.  I have a guy on scorpion watch, one that checks the shower before I go in and a nurse following me around...Not really but I'd feel a little more safe if I could get them to do that.  Hopefully today will break this trend

June 24th/25th-Day 16/17
    I just want to start off by saying yesterday was great. Nothing terrible happened, just a nice normal day.  So I have realized that everything that happened, happened in Nicaragua and I got sick on the way out of Nicaragua....I'm not sure I'd feel safe going back.
    Friday was an incredibly busy day.  We were up early to start prepping for the group to come in.  We had skits to plan to act out the rules sheet such as what happens if you flush the toilet paper or what happens if you drink the water....It was great and I've got video to prove how great it was, I just have to figure out how to post pics and videos on here first.  Then we loaded up the buses with boxes of food to go on a "gatorade blitz" where we rush off the bus and give food and gatorade to the street workers who earn less than $5 a day.  So we went to the store and they didn't have enough gatorade so Capri Sun was a good substitute so I guess you could say it was a Capri Sun blitz.  We then took the bus around the city passing the food and drinks out until we realized we were supposed to be at the airport 30 minutes ago.  So then we hurried to the airport and waited just a little while for the first group to land and the fun began.  5 interns were assigned to each bus of 40 people.  We took them to lunch and to the grocery store and then back to the mission house for orientation.  Things went really smooth but it was a fast paced day.  We then just chilled at the mission house till dinner, had devo, orientation with the skits and then off to bed. 
    Today we really started working.  One team went to the hospital, one to the market downtown, one to the warehouse to sort more clothes, one group stayed at the mission house to make food bags to hand out and hygiene kits.  one group went to didasko orphanage to get ready for the medical clinic the first 3 days of next week.  And then 3 teams went out to build houses so I finally got to build my first house this year.  just over 70 people out of the 122 are new this year so there are a lot of new house builders this year.  About 3/4 of the ppl on the build crews today were new and they were all great.  It did take us till nearly dark to finish but we took our time with 11 ppl per crew and ended the day with 3 great houses.  The only real issue we had other than the rain showers was chainsaws.  Our team had the guys in the house to cut out the door and window once we had boarded up the last wall.  So as they are completely boarded in, they go to start the chainsaws to cut.  The first one runs out of gas.  They start the second one and get about 3/4 of the way done with the window and it runs out of gas.  So we look for our gas can and it had apparently walked off somewhere.  So another guy went with me to one of the other build sites about half a mile away, to get some gas.  When we get there we see 4 people outside and the house completely boarded up.  They had just started to cut out their window and their first chainsaw ran out of gas and when they tried to start the second one they pulled the pull cord out of it so it wouldn't start either.  So they had sent guys to our site and the other site to get another chainsaw.  So after it was all said and done, we got our gas, they got another chainsaw and we made it back to the mission house about 7:15.  But other than that little issue, it was a great day.  I'm sunburnt, wore out and about to head to bed so peace out.  Oh and Tasha, as painful as this is for me to say, you were right, there are capybara's here.  Another guy here saw one this morning.