Tuesday

To say today was an adventure is an understatement!  We headed out right on time this morning, drove for about an hour to discover that the bridge at Blue Creek was under water and impassible!  We had a lot of rain last night and it is a very low bridge.  This meant that we had to turn around and drive back to where we started to take the alternate route, a mere two hour ride down some of the worst roads in the country.  The good news was that this meant we had to travel through the village of Corazon Creek, where Ann had planned to make a stop later in the day to speak with the principal about some potential scholarship students. Good thing our Plan B always seems to work out!

So we continued on to San Lucas, arriving just about 20 minutes before their lunch break.  Dropped off Anita, Ann, Kathy and Judy, the rest of the crew drove on to Santa Teresa.  When they arrived in Santa Teresa, Bill, Bob, Nick and Randy were excited to discover that the men in the village had completed all of the indoor painting except for two rooms (they ran out of paint), and also about half of the outdoor trim.  The teaching group, Sam, Donna, Marilyn, Emily and Kris were not so happy to discover that there were NO students at school. They had been dismissed at noon for Report Card Day.  Good thing we always have a Plan C!

The whole group wound up back in San Lucas, thirteen team members in a school of about 60 kids!  We made sock puppets with the little kids and then enjoyed some singing led by Kris. We all enjoy the Hokey Pokey!  The older kids did a great job on their beaded crosses and then got to put together small solar powered motors.  The rest of the afternoon was absolute playtime and it was wonderful!  There was some wicked volleyball and the sound of children yelling "Whoop Whoop" when they scored could probably be heard three villages away (thanks Sam!)  The construction guys chased kids and played soccer and probably sweat more than they ever have in their lives.  It was hot and steamy and quite possibly one of the most disorganized days ever, but also one of the BEST!!!