Crazy past few days (Alex)

On Tuesday we all got up early to walk several blocks and get fresh tamales. We got 4 different kinds, a green salsa with either pork or chicken (we didn't know which), a chocolate mole sauce one, a hot salsa one (I didn't try this one. Probably no surprise to those who know about my low spice tolerance haha), and a strawberry one. I personally liked the strawberry one the most, I liked the other two that I tried, but I liked the strawberry one the most for breakfast. For the work part of the day, I stayed at the main house to work on some of the cars while everyone else went to work on the roof at Agape. The van that had broken down the night before ended up being a bad alternator, so I replaced it and it now runs without dying. I also replaced some parts on two of the other vans and inspected another van. After I got done, I realized that Steve and Janet had left, which made me the only American here for a couple hours. This is probably the most awkward I have felt on either of my trips here, but it helped take me out of my comfort bubble. Later that evening we went to the Emanuel house to have dinner and play with the kids. This house is an all boys house, so we mainly just kicked balls around.
On Wednesday day we had french toast for breakfast and had all sorts of toppings to put on them. I put a caramel sauce and another sauce called la lechera, which is like a thick sweetened condensed milk sauce. After the castle we went to Chapultepec castle for our sight seeing. It was really eye opening and awesome to see it and hear the history of it. After that we went into Mexico City to the market. We had lunch at a restaurant in the market, and then we got to walk around the market to buy souvenirs. Even though I can't speak the language very well, I love getting to walk around and experience the culture here.
For Thursday we went and worked back at Agape. We were able to get one portion of the roof completely finished, and another section of the roof completely scraped and we were able to get the first layer of sealer on it. After that, we went to the house of Bethel for lunch (this is an all girls home). Lunch was amazing (just like every other meal we have had), and then we went out to their soccer field to play a game. Its was the Americans (and one older boy that was helping us with the roof work) versus the girls from the house. If it wasn't for the older boy we would have been dominated, but we were loosing by just one. Then the intern who was living at the Bethel house (who was on our team) collided with one of the little girls and got a very bad concussion. This was probably the scariest thing that has happened on either of my trips here. We ended up taking her to the hospital, which was right across the street. The doctor said that she would be fine and just needed some rest and ice on the impact location.
Tomorrow we are going to have just a half day of working. We are splitting into three groups the that, half of the group are going back to Agape to finish the other part of the roof, three of the guys are going to the location where VBS is happening to help set up, and I am staying here to replace the rear shocks on one of the vans. After that we are going to the pyramids for our last sight seeing activity, and then we will go to another restaurant for dinner. This trip has been a whirlwind of emotions. I cant believe the week is almost over, but I am so excited to get to see my family again.