The Macdonald files

Hi a few moments to myself..so here again..well another week almost passed..its been a funny week…not a bad one…just a slow and rather tiring one.The weather has been stormy and rainy..which turns most roads to mud..not pleasant.The week started with me asking the pharmacist in the village if she had any medicine for a wart on my thumb and for verucas on darcys feet…be warned..village life is not for the fainthearted!!!she said I would have to go to Teguc for medicine..but said she had a failsafe method for removing them!!I was all ears…here goes…….we had to draw a little blood from the wart(there is some truth in this bit)…then put a coin over it and walk around the whole village and it would be gone!! I nearly fell over and thought of Andrew tickle….giving out that advice over the counter at Boots…she saw my look of disbelief and told me it was true..she did it to hers and its never returned…wow.Characters everywhere.It has been the fair all week…very noisy..it wouldn’t be allowed back home..guys with loud speakers in their cars..all night..totally outrageous but quite the norm here.Missed home this week..and all its comforts…cold showers when its raining and cold are not nice..but most people have to wash outside..it could be worse.There are a family of cochroaches living in the microwave..they sit in the clock section..cant get them out….horrid.Flora made us laugh this week..she loves porridge and eats it every morning…but this batch had loads of insects in it..small long brown beetles with legs!she had eaten most before I noticed things wriggling…I asked her..did you have any black things in your porridge she said yes..they had legs on I left them but Dad ate one to show me they were ok….save me from this madness.It reminds me of a very famous lasagne Emma cooper made in Honduras with weavels in the flour….we ate and we lived.Miss my piano nearly as much as my friends making do with small keyboards isn’t the same but better than nothing.Darcy lost her tooth this week whilst eating sugar cane! over the pile of sand and cement outside the house..I gave a group of kids a sieve they had such fun trying to find it which they eventually did.Mummy and Daddy did the unthinkable….the tooth fairy didn’t come!!!we told her the Spanish are never in a rush and she would probably come tomorrow…Manana!!and she bought it she has obviously been here too long!hope to go to the Holy hole in teguc with leonie…a church which meets in a shack in a deprived and dangerous part of town..she says it smells awful and I`ll die when I see it..but its full of the prescence of God..sounds good.We went up to Munda and renees house this week .They live in the mountains and have very little most English people would struggle to stay there for a night..never mind a lifetime..but I love going ..they are the most warm generous people..always smiling and thankful love them…fine people a real role model.Their house is always open they share everything and their faces seem to shine..no other way to describe them.Wonderful people ..I always come away from their home feeling better in some way.Anyway going to the commodore(dining room…of sorts!)we are all eating together today wonder what it will be!I`m hungry so it will taste good I`m sure.Love to you all.Rachel and clan.PS we are going to leonis son Joshuas international day at school this Thursday..so we are going to help them represent England amidst all the yanks here ….should be a laugh…send more photos soon.

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This week has been ferrier( fair )week…which is another excuse not to go to school…set off loud fireworks and march very loudly with drums round the village wearing funny costumes!there is never a dull moment! Though we are lacking in sleep due to bangers being set off at 5 am and excessively loud Spanish ballads playing all night! We must be getting old!!the kids have been to school with me to help the kinder it is quite an experience for them..I don’t think they will complain about their school in England again..Seth does nothing but go on about how good his school is..which is a far cry from what he used to say every Monday morning back home.Well it was face painting last week and this week has seen loads of kids coming to me for haircuts…how scary!they are so trusting! I told them I`d never done it before..but most went quite well..when they asked for layers I freaked..but was surprised how nice it looked..I cut a little girls hair in a lovely bob she looked cute..maybe a new career awaits!and I didn’t talk to them about their holidays..I was too busy trying not to chop their ears off!The trampoline and protective fence is now finished so I take a group a day to bounce..its great fun..only one at a time for safety..but they love it(so do I).I am involved in the worship group in Teguc…and have been singing also..its been lovely to be creative and work in that environment again..its been good for me..and even though its more to do it refreshes me and gets me away from the non-stop atmosphere of life in a kids home.Leonie..our midwife friend continues to bless us..we meet most Fridays ..we had curry night this week..soon we thought it would be funny to do a Northern night!!we obviously miss good English traditions..like pie and chips!Darcy had a lovely birthday she got some roller shoes..and enjoys wizzing about on them.We went to the cinema with friends and watched the film about noah,,don’t know what its called in English..it’s a followup to bruce almighty..but it’s a most fantastic film..you must go and see it..very moving, funny..a real treat with an amazing message!well that’s all for now…oh seth and Darcy have been playing with baby snakes this week…and seth found a baby dead one and has put it in a jar…on top of the microwave!!kids are sent to test us!but they are all doing well with their Spanish..jabbering away its amazing to see..I am seeing a teacher twice a week to improve mine further hes great but lots of homework to do but it focuses me in learning new vocab which is good for me…his name is manuel…I cant stop thinking of fawlty towers it makes me laugh ..all are well and healthy thank God..miss you all keep us in your prayers all our love Rachel and the clan xxx

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