Last weekend I went with the organization "Techo para Chile" down south to the town of Santa Cruz, an hour south of Rancagua. Techo para Chile is basically the same as Habitat for Humanity, and they've been doing most of the post-earthquake reconstruction here in Chile. Mostly they've been building small, temporary shelters for people to live in during the winter. There was a ton of volunteers this weekend, but it was very unorganized. I'm glad I did it, and we did construct a house, but I spent most of the weekend standing around waiting. This isn't my picture, but this is what the houses we built look like:
This week was mostly filled with normal stuff, some homework (paper, presentation, and test), a couple nights of poker, and some general loafing. It's to be expected, but by now I definitely feel like I fit in here, and have settled in. I feel like I'm just at any other college for the semester, and I'm in the normal swing of things. Although I like the excitement of new places and foreign countries, it's also nice to be in a rhythm.
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