Written by Dawn Dallmus
Today we did the same thing as yesterday in La Carpio. We continued to work on the road until lunch. When lunch was supposed to be finished however, the electricity went out and we were stuck trying to find something to do. Some of us took a siesta, others talked, and others played soccer. I watched Josh and Mike P. play soccer with the kids and then something really funny happened. Josh went to kick the ball and missed. He fell on his butt and split his pants open right in the crotch area. All the kids laughed and some even imitated what happened. After that, Alfredo said the leaders of the section that we were working in had something for us. We all gathered a short distance from where we were working and the leaders said many nice things about our group and what we had done to help their community. Then they brought out two cakes that said "City High Gracias!" We also said a few nice words to them. Then they brought out a pinata for us to hit and it took five different students to finally get the pinata open and have all the candy spill out for the children to get. Right after that, we had to leave to go back to the hotel. All the children hugged us and said goodbye and messed with a few others such as Alex. It was sad leaving them but I am glad we had done what we did because it was a nice thing to do. Once we got back to the hotel, we got ready to go to a jazz club where a band was playing. The band was amazing and so was the entire atmosphere. Everyone was just up and dancing when the band was ready to perform. The drinks were also amazing! We had the choices of soda, water, juice, a virgin Pina Colada, or a virgin Daiquiri. I chose the virgin Daiquiri and it was delicious with the mixture of the strawberry, orange, and other citrus fruits. When I finished my drink, I got up to dance to the music that the band was playing and I had a blast.
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