Wednesday in the Rain

Hola, amigos!  We hope you have been enjoying reading about our adventures.  We have enjoyed having them!

After some of us early risers went to the childrens' morning gathering, we were back to our usual breakfast of beans and eggs.  Then, we split into a home team and an away team.  The home team consisted of Ros, Lynn, Jane, Janice and Louise and they stayed at El Hogar to spend some time with kids doing one-on-one reading practice.  Lynn continued to work on her education plans and provide suggestions for some of the kids who need some extra attention.

The dolls that Kay and Phyllis made were handed out to some of the girls today as a reward for being on the honour roll.  They were all very happy to receive them.  Thanks Kay and Phyllis!

The away team consisted of Rick, Michael, Geoff, Chris, Darla, Heather and Erika.  We headed to the Technical Institute once again.  Chris started out the day helping the teacher in the welding shop, but he didn't get very far because all the shops lost power... 

The rest of us continued to build the wall around the property.  We mixed mortar...

We became expert brick layers...

And, we played volleyball!  The boys initially challenged us to a soccer match, however we decided that we wouldn't get beaten as badly if we played volleyball.  The match was set to start at 3:00pm, and at about 3:01pm it started to pour, but that didn't stop us.  Chris and Darla play in a volleyball league, and the rest of us couldn't remember the last time we had played, so we had some help from a couple of the boys, Maynor and Jorge Daniel.  We were glad they were there!

While we were certainly not the stronger team, nobody will know because we didn't keep score! It was a lot of fun and the boys enjoyed laughing at our attempts at volleying, serving and spiking.

After a group photo, we headed to the van to go back to El Hogar, but Raul wouldn't let us in until he found some plastic to cover the seats.  The rest of the team was surprised to see us so wet because it did not rain in the city.  We gave them all big wet hugs and then hung our clothes out to dry.

We spend the evening in the auditorium with some of the older boys doing more crafts that our creative team had come up with.  The boys seemed to really enjoy the crafts and made some really great artwork.

There is a nice tropical rain coming down outside.  We're going to finish up and make a mad dash to the volunteer house.  We don't want to get wet anymore today!  Buenos Noches!