Adios La Carpio!

Written by Mollie Schillinger

Today was our last day in La Carpio. It did not really go as planned.... We started the day off really well and we were helping to pave the road for them. We ate lunch and I was practicing my spanish with one of the woman who live in the area. She was really nice and she did not make fun of me for my bad spanish. I was really looking foward to getting furhter with the road, but we soon found out that the power was out, which meant that the cement mixer was not working so we could not finish the road. It was really dissapointing and I felt really bad, I wish we could have done some more. But on a positive note, we got to interact more with the people living there and the kids loved that they could play soccer with people from our group. It was really cool to watch. Later in the day, we all got together and to our surprise, they brought out two cakes and a pinata. Everyone was having so much fun and they were all so happy. It meant so much to us that they would do that for us, considering that they probably spent a lot of money that they needed on it. Watching people try to break the pinata was the best part of the party. Especially since all of the people seemed to enjoy watching it so much as well.

Another downfall of the day was the fact that it was our last day there. It was so sad to leave all of the people and the kids knowing that we won't be going back the next day. They seemed to grateful that we were there helping them. They seemed pretty sad that we were leaving as well. All of the kids were giving us hugs and high fives and taking pictures with us as we left. It was pretty bitter sweet. I know that I will remember this experience for the reast of my life. I will never forget all of the people that I met.