Friday, March 27, 2015

Reflections - Friday

Max

Today was the second to last day that we got to work at the school. For the first hour, the other guys and I sanded and painted multiple bookshelves. After that we had a 20 minute game of soccer which was really fun. Then we sanded more wooden shaped blocks for the kindergarteners to play with. After that, we put final touches on the many bookshelves we painted. During this, the girls finished up a mural on the wall of the kindergarten class and painted the shapes that we sanded. I really enjoyed being able to help out the students at the Ollantaytambo school. See you guys soon...

-Max


Lily

For lunch today I had a bull's heart and fish egg soup.  I had no idea until after or else I would not have eaten it.  I have actually loved the food here (and the tea!).  The service project at the school was super fun.  The girls repainted over all of the blocks that got covered in dirt and rain.  I hope we finish them and are able to give the gifts to the kids before we leave.  At the school we also have the opportunity to play soccer with the kids.  We played soccer in the rain today and I had a lot of fun laughing and playing with them.   Then we did a really fun WLS activity and had a big SMA soccer game with some local kids. I am having so much fun and love this trip so much.  Love and miss you all.

XOXOXO, Lily


Grace

Today we worked on the service project at the school. We painted blocks and a mural on the outside wall of the kindergarten. Monday is our last day to work on the service project so we worked really hard today. I painted some flowers and a little girl standing under a tree. Miguel is an artist who is helping us with all of the paint-mixing and teaching us all about painting. It's really cool how the people here use what they have for other purposes. Miguel uses the bottom halves of soda bottles to hold/mix the paint. He also uses part of a ripped t-shirt to clean the paint brushes off. I'm really excited to see how the kids react when they see the finished project!

Miss you all,

Grace :)


Matt

Hey,

Today we went to the stadium and did a WLS Challenge. During the challenge we had to balance small soccer balls on tarps, and had to keep them from falling through the holes in the tarp. Then after that we had to grab a hula-hoop and pass it down the line with our arms and our legs without dropping it. Finally we had to jump rope with all of our team and go through one at a time. About 20 minutes later we played a big game of tug-of-war (Ms. Rand's travel group versus Mr. Blair's) and we started to pull, but the rope snapped in half and everybody fell down. Everyone laughed really hard. See you soon!

Matthew


Logan
Today we finished staining all 8 book shelves. I'm very happy to finish them because now we don't have to keep moving them and flipping them over. We also played soccer with the Peruvian kids in the rain. It was a lot of fun. In the afternoon we did activities and played soccer once again. Our activity was more of a race or obstacle course, and soccer was just for fun. Overall this trip has been an amazing experience. My host family is so kind for bringing me into their family and feeding me. Can't wait to see you guys.
- Logan