This is our view every morning (before the rain settles in), with beautiful variations on cloud formations around the volcanoes around this lake. We feel very lucky to be here. Alex and I are waiting for the arrival of "los Mels" from another Guatemalan town today. Yay WCMC 2014 in Guatemala! We'll be hitting up some of the other cute towns around the lake. So far Alex and I have only been to a handful of them, so we're excited to explore a little more.
In other news, our project is just about ready to get rolling. We'll be working on trying to collect data on pregnancy and lactation health and nutrition. The ultimate goal is to understand the mentality in regards to nutrition and health, so that we can work towards improving it. The beautiful forest here is full of delicious and healthy foods--yummy avocados, bananas, plantains, fruits, nuts, fish--but unfortunately they are not being utilized. Alex and I are trying to remain as aware of cultural competency (thank you, MPS) as we can as we start this project. We're hoping for some meaningful data that will be useful to the clinic and to nutrition projects in the future.
We've officially been in this country for 2 weeks. It's amazing how much has happened in that short amount of time--from getting used to living here to working in the clinic to realizing that we can see patients and get by with our little bit of Spanish. Several of the students who were here just left on Thursday (we'll miss them) and a new group have just arrived, so it's interesting to see the dynamic around here change. It's nice to still have several weeks ahead of us to hopefully really get the hang of things around here and to make a dent on the nutrition project.
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