Day 3:
What a day of hard work and
exploration! We started off the day with a community building activity where we
all shared our ideas about norms, expectations and hopes. We then headed to St.
Jude’s school to start our first day of work. After being assigned to 4
different jobs; plastering, painting, laying gravel, and creating metal
covers. As we started to work the
children came out to help us and cheer us on. They even had a hard time going
into the classroom after break. We worked through powerful rain showers, mixing
concrete and laying foundations for the wall. After the day’s work was done we
played with the kids before saying goodbye. We even had to chase them around
for our work gloves!
We cleaned off a hard day’s sweat.
We then got to enjoy a DELICIOUS lunch! After lunch we had some free time to
rest, play cards and go for walks. After our break we met in the cafeteria and
we headed to the Mayan museum, about a five-minute walk from the lodge. At the
museum, we learned about Mayan history and culture. People danced
traditionally, squeezed sugar cane using an old machine, learned how to cook
tortillas, and learned about their cooking methods. We came back to an
activity, where we split into four groups to find landmarks to help us make a
map. Kids created bonds with the locals
as they played soccer, chatted and laughed together. We came back to a break
and a delicious dinner, afterward we participated in some activities. We
learned about our night vision and learned what light does to our eyes. We then
learned how to find spiders, we also got to view a huge tarantula. Some kids
were put into their learning zone, and there were some moments where some
jumped to their panic zone.
Overall it was a successful day, we
learned new things and widened our horizons!
Sincerely,
Your Leaders Of the Day; Zoe, Luis
and Tauryn
1 comments:
yay izz & laila! hope you guys are having as much fun as I did last year:)
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