Monday, March 9th:
In the morning, we had breakfast at 7 a.m. then we went to our work sites. Half of us went on to the plants, and the other half went to work on the Latrines. We met at 10:15 a.m. to switch jobs, so we all got to do a little bit of everything, and we all got the same overall experience. We had a delicious lunch of amazing pasta, beans, watermelon, & bananas. Mr. Gonzales opened his bodega and we all bought cold gasiosas, (sodas). We spent the siesta hanging around with kids and Kim painted their nails. Señor Gonzales helped us each ride a horse around for a little bit.
Evan and Brad having fun with the children in Nuevo Amanecer
in one the classrooms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QshZC5FXs4
Britt & Brad working hard building a latrine in Nuevo Amanecer
We decided to go to the other side, "the 20", to visit the families.
The whole group got to spend sometime with Abuelita, and the students were asking her questions and talking in Spanish. Samantha said, "it was so special to see a 73 year old woman who has lived in Nuevo her whole life talk to us about her life". She has 6 children alive, 7 died, and her first husband died young. She's now married to Abuelito. She was so kind to us and gave us all big hugs.
We went to the other side "the 30" for dinner; we had beans, rice, scrambled eggs, and piña (Samantha and Jess helped cook chopped veggies for dinner). Our cooks were very nice and grateful. Once dinner was finished and we washed our dishes, our group went to see the latrines we helped build. Like always tons of kids tagged along.
We saw the entire neighborhood and took many pictures. The kids were so cute, and the students just felt in love with them. Around 6:30 p.m. Señor Martin came with us to "the 20” side where we'll stay to go to sleep. Mr. Martin stayed for awhile and sang and played his guitar for us! We all sat at Abuelita's house and listened Don Martin's serenading us. He was amazing, and his songs were so meaningful. He sang about how life is so short and once we die nothing will be left.
The little girls there were adorable and kept on blowing kisses to our students with huge smiles on their faces. Señor Martin played for about an hour.
Everyone went to respective family's house and went to bed. We all decided to get up earlier the next morning at 5:45 a.m. so the students could have some time to hang out during the best time of the day, early morning - sunrise. We are hoping to get to go into the children's classrooms again to play before the next group gets here and we have to leave. The students love being in Nuevo Amanecer, they don't want to leave. The people there were very grateful to all of us. The
community is amazing, and it's sad to say goodbye to everyone we've come to know so well. Hasta pronto Nuevo Amanecer! Evan decided to name us "Los Suciecitos!" (the little dirty ones) The next morning the other group will come to Nuevo Amanecer, and we will go to build the house in Bolsa.
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