Paint in my hair

Hola again!
So, today I volunteered painting houses! It was really cool, fun and interesting. I walked to the meeting place and arrived about 10 mins early (as instructed to do) and we ended up not even leaving for another half hour or so- in perfect Chilean fashion. But a bunch of volunteers (Chilean and some gringas from my program) and I boarded a bus and drove about 20 mins. outside of Vina to a very poor neighborhood to help paint their houses. I'm not sure how to clasify this place. it was next to the highway, built into a hill, wood houses with very little in them, dogs and kids running everywhere. The house I worked on had three rooms. One sink, and no furniture that I could see. I am assuming there was a bed somewhere because the lady's children (about 3 yrs.) took a nap at one point. It was nice- on the walls were things written such as "choose a life of peace, happiness and creativity" and certian bible verses about being well, living well, etc... So, amidst their lack of "things", at least they had something. We painted the outside of their house celeste, blue. I got to converse with the Chileans I was working with, who (of course) were very nice. We were also prepaird a lunch of chicken, rice, lettuce, tomatoes and bread (and Coca-Cola-ahhh). which was all very good. On the note of food, I have decided to start incorporating meat into my diet. I have decided to do this for reasons both cultural and personal. I am still not sure that I will seek out eating meat, and am not sure if I'll ever touch a hot dog again, but when it is offered to me by a Chilean, I will eat it. So far, my stomach has agreed with this decision, and I haven't had any weird feelings or premonitions about putting another animal's flesh into my body. The concept of this is something I am still chewing on, if you will... But, for now I'm just doing it- I'm here, I'm trying things out. I have a whole lifetime of food experiences to explore, so right now I'm on the meat eating train once more. We'll see where it takes me... Also, there's a guy from my program who is here for the year who is thinking about WWOOF also, so that would be good to maybe do that with him (did I mention this in the last Blog? I can't remember...) Anyway, things are looking great, and I'm in good spirits. My 'grandmother' is here for the week, and she is so precious and nice- and a great cook, too! Love and miss you all and hope you are all doing well and staying healthy!
Caio!