Rotary Mexico Journal #4

Laura Stewart the International Service Chair for San Miguel Rotary Club did a lot of running up and down today. She has been a wonderful host. She took Larry, Nancy, and I to one of the projects where we worked with the villagers meshing the wires for the cistern for that house. She then went back for Steve and Jim. Steve’s wife and Jim’s daughter also came. Then we went on to Cedesa (the organization which assists Rotary in our water project). It was founded by a Liberation Theology priest in the 1960s, and has done much for empowering and improving the lives of the poor of Mexico. I mentioned dry toilets in an earlier blog. In the photos today (http://www.wallawalla.edu/campus-life/spiritual-life/gallery/san_miguel_de_allende_mexico_trip_2011) you will see an example of one. Notice how they separate the liquid from the solids. They put the white power over the solid. When it is almost full they cover it over for 6 months and then use it as fertilizer! It has no odor. Nothing is wasted at their compound. It was also good to find some great Jamaican foods at their store – guava cheese, sorrel, peanut brittle, etc. We ended the day with dinner on the roof of a lovely restaurant. I got a plate of asparagus – 8 on the plate sprinkled with cheese, for a little over $8:00 (US)!!