Today we had the nutritional class for the promoters. We had 20 people in the class and it was very interactive. We think that everyone enjoyed it and more important, they learned something.We started the morning with Juan leading some singing and Gaspar reading some verses from Isaiah. We had a special prayer for a previous MET student, Brett, who returned 2 weeks ago with ACU. His brother is now in the hospital and we wanted to offer a special prayer for his healing and for the comfort of his family members.
Josefina started by talking about the different food groups and having a balanced diet.
She then divided the class into three sections and each group had several photos of foods. They needed to identify the food and then classify it as fruit, vegetable, protein or carbohydrate. We just needed to make sure the class understood the differences in food groups. We found out that this discussion was very important for them to have.This is one group discussing their photos.
Here is another group debating over what are fruits and what are vegetables.
This group seemed to have a better understanding and they moved through their photos quickly.
We think that everyone enjoyed the class. There was a lot of interaction and many questions.The above photo was the only one that the students could not identify. No one realized it was coffee.............they thought it was Brahva, a very popular beer here in Guatemala. It was a few minutes before everyone regained their composure so Josefina could continue the class.
For lunch we had chicken, rice, steamed potatoes and tortillas...........a very flavorful meal but also a very unbalanced meal...........one that gave us more opportunity to teach.
Tomorrow we will have clinic in Mactzul III and hopefully some patients will return with their lab work.
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