Today was a nice "last day" in Linda Vista. The group worked very hard on the project digging a ditch for the septic tank. Despite the heat, they persevered. Around lunchtime, we headed over to the school to celebrate our work with the community. Our home stay moms prepared a delicious lunch then we danced and played games with the kids. There was a piñata that Jennifer did a great job ripping open! Rafael and Jessica battled each other in a cake eating contest and the afternoon was became complete with a soccer game. The rest of the evening will be spent with our home stay families. Tomorrow we will take a boat tour down the river to relax and see wildlife. The afternoon brings adventure with zip lining through the canopy of the rainforest! We will then have one last night with our home stay families and take off Monday morning for San Jose to catch our flight back home. It has been an absolutely amazing trip. This group and all of the fun and loving community members have made this experience. We can't wait to share all of our stories with you!
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Last few days of service
Our service project is a classroom for the
community that provides access to internet, computers, technology…etc. The
classroom can be used for research and studying. Our service consists of painting
the wire fence that will support the walls and help from future rust. We
painted the wire fence black to help blend in with the rainforest. Today we
will start mixing the cement to begin pouring and creating the walls. The
weather while working on this project determines what exactly we will be doing
with the project. Yesterday was nice and hot so we all painted. The sun helped
the paint dry faster. A couple days ago it rained so we did some wiring instead
of painting. Today in the morning we woke up to pouring rain so we delayed
service for an hour. Since the rain
stopped this morning we are able to start mixing cement and start building the
walls up of the classroom. We have two more days of service left. We are hoping
that the weather helps us complete as much as possible in the service project.
On Saturday afternoon the entire community will gather at a local school to
help us celebrate our service. We may
even have a soccer game.
Daisy
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
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