We spent a lot of time with our host family and learned more about them. We finally met Berta in person. She came home from school and showed us her portfolio. It was amazing!! She did everything: drawing, painting, photography. I asked her if she wanted to be a freelance artist or if she wanted to work for a company. She wanted to work for a company. At that moment, she was working at school.
We also saw family albums!! It was incredible to see how they changed and what they did in the past!! Come to think about it, I do not remember when the last time I looked at my family albums was. With technology, everything is digital and physical copies of pictures are almost nonexistent. I remember an episode of NBC’s Revolution, a TV show that takes place 15 years after a worldwide blackout, where Maggie Foster says that she does not have any pictures of her children because they were stored electronically on her phone. Therefore, she has held onto the phone for the last 15 years hoping that one day she will be able to see the pictures of her children again on her phone. It was great to see physical family pictures again!! After this, she showed us how to sew.
We went to feed the cows and pigs!! It was an enjoyable walk!! I was amazed at how Berta was able to carry two huge buckets of food and not be tired or even fall. There were times when I was going to fall and I was not carrying anything. There was one part of the journey where we were going downhill with a path no more than a foot and a half wide. She was able to walk it with ease and made it look extremely easy. As I was walking down, I almost slipped. On the way, Tamia picked Mora berries and I had some. They were amazing!! There were other fruits that she picked and I ate them. They were delicious.
When we got back, Tamia mysteriously became our teacher… She was giving us tests and grading us!! I do not think I have never been given homework by a little child before. It was really funny!! Afterwards, we made necklaces with flowers where we would put the stem into the flower of the other. Then, we made bracelets with real beads and a real shell!!
After dinner, we went to another family’s house and played hopscotch. It was different from the hopscotch that I was used to. There were numbers from 1-10 and a rock. You start at 1 and would use the rock similar to as a marker. You start at 1, jump the hopscotch, throw the rock to 2, jump on all the spots that do not have a rock, and then follow the general rules of hopscotch. It was really fun. My jumping abilities were helpful!!
We also saw family albums!! It was incredible to see how they changed and what they did in the past!! Come to think about it, I do not remember when the last time I looked at my family albums was. With technology, everything is digital and physical copies of pictures are almost nonexistent. I remember an episode of NBC’s Revolution, a TV show that takes place 15 years after a worldwide blackout, where Maggie Foster says that she does not have any pictures of her children because they were stored electronically on her phone. Therefore, she has held onto the phone for the last 15 years hoping that one day she will be able to see the pictures of her children again on her phone. It was great to see physical family pictures again!! After this, she showed us how to sew.
We went to feed the cows and pigs!! It was an enjoyable walk!! I was amazed at how Berta was able to carry two huge buckets of food and not be tired or even fall. There were times when I was going to fall and I was not carrying anything. There was one part of the journey where we were going downhill with a path no more than a foot and a half wide. She was able to walk it with ease and made it look extremely easy. As I was walking down, I almost slipped. On the way, Tamia picked Mora berries and I had some. They were amazing!! There were other fruits that she picked and I ate them. They were delicious.
When we got back, Tamia mysteriously became our teacher… She was giving us tests and grading us!! I do not think I have never been given homework by a little child before. It was really funny!! Afterwards, we made necklaces with flowers where we would put the stem into the flower of the other. Then, we made bracelets with real beads and a real shell!!
After dinner, we went to another family’s house and played hopscotch. It was different from the hopscotch that I was used to. There were numbers from 1-10 and a rock. You start at 1 and would use the rock similar to as a marker. You start at 1, jump the hopscotch, throw the rock to 2, jump on all the spots that do not have a rock, and then follow the general rules of hopscotch. It was really fun. My jumping abilities were helpful!!