Well things didn't go quite right today. We were supposed to start the training at 8:00 but only a couple of the 6 women were there at 8 and the rest didn't show up till closer to 9:00 (welcome to Mexico). The maintenance men were still working on the electricity and stuff so we didn't have any water to purify. So I set up the purifier and explained the process and showed them the pump, the battery, the battery charger, and all the parts on the purifier. I think they basically understood what I was saying. I took everything apart and asked them if they wanted to put it back together and they said no, that they had to be going. So oh well. They're going to come back tomorrow at 8:30. A while after they left the maintenance men finally finished everything, so we have water and electricity now and everything is ready to go for tomorrow.
This afternoon my friend was supposed to come to Emiliano Zapata Sur to help me talk to the older children of the women who will be purifying the water. Well Arturo and I were supposed to leave Zapata at around 1:00 in order to pick her up in the city and bring her back by 2:00 to start her hour-long class. But they were doing the last minute finishing touches and we didn't leave until about 1:40. I was so stressed out about being able to pick her up and get back in time! But on the way Arturo realized that he forgot some materials he needed for something they're doing at CEMADE this afternoon at 3:00 and he had to drive all the way to the university to get them and then head straight back to CEMADE. So we had to cancel the session with the older kids for today. He dropped me off in the city and I took the bus home.
Sigh.
Well tomorrow will be better.
For now I'm going to take a siesta.
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