village stays

Levi and I have this fear that a baby coming will mean that I can no longer travel. So, in order to prevent that, we are committing to traveling when it is hard. I was 17 months pregnant and we headed to the villages.
    To get to the first one we drove 8 hours, then down a road that reminded me of the sandpit by our house. It had huge ruts in the road and was a very rough drive. I had to stick a pillow between the seat belt and my belly! After the drive, we had to walk down the mountain and back up a mountain to this house made of stone and mud. There was no running water and the bathroom was the field outside! The second village was even worse because the room they gave for us (they slept outside) had at least 4 mice in it...(that is because I counted them!) they told us their kids had Jondis (I know, I thought babies only got that too, but their skin was yellow!) and a head full of lice. Their bathroom was in a field and the ladies had to escort me and shine the light on me the whole time I was using it! Oh my!
     Needless to say, by the 4th or 5th day I found myself very irritable and moody. After a shower, I was glad that I went. I do see how difficult it will be. I worried a lot about this little one's health in my belly. I can't imagine how much I will worry when it comes to join us!

    Here are some pics from the village. This is the kitchen. They have a gas stove but only use it for breakfast and chai.

This is the stove they use for all other meals. They put wood in and cook out of both holes.

This is where they store the veggies and rice.

The house

mama and baby goat. Levi loves these

Corn field. Not in rows, just utter chaos. Levi says it is because they don't use any protection against bugs, ect. so lots of the corn dies