We started a day with a wonderful breakfast at Roma Santa. We ate sausage, omelets, yogurt, and cereal.
We drove to a Quinoa Factory in the Chimborazo province and we learned about the Quinoa exportation process as well as the recent rise in demand for quinoa. We toured the quinoa fields and took some pretty great pictures. We toured the factory and saw how how the quinoa is picked, processed, packed, and exported.
We drove back to Roma Santa for a lunch of chicken, potatoes, rice, and salad. After that we headed back to the hotel. We presented the Community Action Projects we designed (Mia did an amazing job translating everything). The people at Utopia saw our plans for the bodega, kitchen, and office. They were all approved! Tomorrow we will shop for our projects and start working on Wednesday.
Soon after that, we had English tutoring and we did a great job with our lesson plans and keeping the attention of our kids. We had another great dinner at Roma Santa and ended the day with a nightly meeting.
Shoutouts: LOVE U MOM AND DAD (JULIE AND ALBERT) U DA BEST HAPPY TWO DAY LATE BIRTHDAY DAD <3
also jordan’s mom (GINA) jordan asked me to shout you out too YOUR DAUGHTER IS THE BEST
– Devon and Flore 🙂
Devon,
Looks like you all are having a wonderful time and an incredible experience!
Mom and Dad miss you! ?
Love hearing about your day to day adventures and the positive impact your making on humanity. Warms my heart knowing you’re spreading kindness and love ?
Hi Anais, love uand miss you very much! Very proud of you. Love Dad!
Thanks for the shout out!! I love reading your blogs every morning! See J, now when I make my Quinoa and sauteed vegetable combination, you know where it’s coming from!
I can’t wait to see how your project turns out! I bet the transformation will be awesome! Riobamba is so lucky to have all of you amazing kids there to pitch in and help out. So proud of all of you!
It must feel great to know that you are all making an impact in peoples lives and changing them for the better. Big Love to all of you!
#mija #HayleighHOH #kayceeNangelaontheblock
Hi Joelle, Mia, and Chris!!!
From all the posts, seems like you are all having a great time. I’m very proud of you guys, can’t wait to hear your stories. Big love to you!
-Ms. Sierra