Thursday

Move my picture Miss! 

This morning we finally dropped off the infamous blue paint at Santa Teresa! From there we drove on to San Lucas for a school mass and the graduation ceremony for the three students graduating from Standard 6 and moving on to high school. The mass was lovely, with all of the songs and prayers in the native Kekchi. It is interesting that many of the people from the village make a point to give the sign of peace to every visitor in the church.  Miss Dorla Bowman gave the graduation speech and the while village celebrated by cooking and sharing a delicious lunch with us. We had caldo and potch (a cornmeal type loaf wrapped in banana leaves, delicious!)
After lunch we visited a number of homes and purchased wooden bowls, bracelets and other crafts.  Then we drove to Santa Teresa and were treated to another lunch!! This time we were served rice and beans, it was spicy and very good.  The head of the Parent Association treated us to lunch in his home and a few of the teachers tried to teach us the Punta dance moves popular here. Sam entertained us all with her dance moves, we are not sure exactly where those are popular!
We were surprised when we arrived in San Lucas and found that the men had painted the entire outside of the school building this morning! The light blue looks great with the dark green shutters and doors.
Tomorrow is Art Camp at St Peter Claver in Punta Gorda and working on the Hope Center.  It is hard to believe that we only have one more day to work with our friends here :(