My Schedule

September 9, 2011

         I have finished with my first week of work. I am still excited about my vida Peruano and what the future will bring. Everyone in my community is loving their service sites right now and feeling really useful, which is so great that we can share all of this joy and relief with each other.

         We finished painting the Incarnate Word symbol in our chapel room – and it looks so beautiful!! We are all so happy to have a prayer space in our home. Emily and Kelli are going to try and find a chalice to put in the corner to be representative of the Eucharist, and we have left over paint to paint some quotes on the walls or the pillars of our community.

         My parents have been asking what my schedule is like, so I thought I would write it out here.

MONDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am-1pm – home visits with Hospice

1pm-3pm – lunch and siesta!!

3pm-6pm – home visit with Hospice

7pm-7:30pm – nightly mass

7:30pm-9pm – teaching English at the parish

TUESDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am-1pm – home visits with Hospice

1pm-3pm – lunch and siesta!!

3pm-6pm – home visit with Hospice

7pm-7:30pm – nightly mass

7:30pm-?? – community night with Kyle, Kelli, and Emily

WEDNESDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am-1pm – home visits with Hospice

1pm-3pm – lunch and siesta!!

3pm-6pm – home visit with Hospice/Casa de la Mujer meeting

7pm-7:30pm – nightly mass

7:30pm-9pm – teaching English at the parish

THURSDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am-1pm – home visits with Hospice

1pm-3pm – lunch and siesta!!

3pm-6pm – home visit with Hospice

7pm-7:30pm – nightly mass

7:30pm-9pm – Choir and volleyball with the youth group at the parish

FRIDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am-1pm – home visits with Hospice

1pm-3pm – lunch and siesta!!

3pm-4pm – Interprofessional meeting at the Hospice center

6pm-8pm – English conversation night at our house with our English students from the parish

8pm-?? – Whatever we want to dooo!!

SATURDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am-1pm – home visits with Hospice

1pm – 8pm – nothing to do

8pm-10pm – Game night with the youth group at the parish

10pm-?? – Friend time!!

SUNDAY:

7:30am – daily prayer in our chapel room

8am – back to bed!!

11am-1pm – TEFA (theatre) meeting at the parish

1pm-7:30pm – free time

7:30pm-8:30pm – Mass at the parish

         I am really trying to find another group to join for another service site, as kind of an outlet for all of my energy that I can’t really expel while nursing old people all day (though I really do love doing that). There is a women’s empowerment group called Casa de la Mujer that I am thinking about joining on Wednesday afternoons instead of going back to Hospice. I miss having a sense of political progression in my life. I also would really love working with kids, so I am trying to check out different after school programs or daycares that I may have time for in my week. There is also a prison ministry group that Kelli is also interested in that I am thinking about looking into.

         That is all for now!! I love you and thanks for reading this ridiculous epic novel of a blog that I am writing.