Saturday, May 15, 2010

Wed 17 March

Today I woke up around 545am because I had to get ready to go to the Soy Farm. Rosie dropped me off at a gas station where I was then picked up by the farmer. His name was Jenor and he was from Brazil. His family has always been in the farming business and he moved to Bolivia fourteen years ago to start his own farm. One the way up to the Soy Farm, we picked up another worker named Mario. The trip took around four hours and it was a beautiful ride. There were fields full of crops and a sky filled with big fluffy clouds as far as the eye could see. If I didn’t mention before it was BLAZING HOT and the air conditioning in the car saved my life. When we got there, I was put straight to work. My job was to help run the Soy seed cleaner. Also, I had to unload the seeds from the dump trucks and trackers when they would come in from the field. I got the hang of it very fast and it was extremely fun. I got to jump into the back of the trucks huge trailers to push all the seeds out. It felt like I was playing in a bunch of play balls in the play area in McDonalds. Also I had to jump into the hole where all the seeds were being dropped into to make sure that they all got onto the conveyer belt. Later, after dinner, all the workers, Jenor, and I went to another farm to another camp to play soccer. I didn’t play because I was tired but I was fun to watch. After, we drove back to our farm and went to bed.

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