Dear family and friends,
We are Abhinav, Catey, and Giang, your leaders of the day. Today was CAP day two. We continued working on the stables, and started packing the coffee that we are going to be bringing home.
We woke up at 7 am, had breakfast at 8, and then left for the Federation. When we arrived, we rejuvenated ourselves with coffee, and then split up into groups. One group finished painting the roofs with antirust paint, while another group helped the locals prop up support pillars and walls. The group that worked on the feeders yesterday sorted, roasted, and packaged coffee.
Lunch was at half past twelve, and we had beans, rice, pork, pasta salad, eggplant, and lemonade. It started raining right before we returned to work, but everyone put on windbreakers and ponchos, and we persevered. While the stabled were not quite finished, we made substantial progress.
When we returned we had an hour of English tutoring prep, followed by our last two hours of tutoring. We ended our classes strong with a pizza party, and took photos. After, we had a rice pudding dinner, followed by finishing our letters of appreciation and the nightly meeting, where we passed the torch to Harris and Rhay for our final reflection day.
Alas, just one official day left in Bonao and then the travel day home. I’m so proud of all of you for embarking on this incredible journey!
Hey Lovey, I talked to Joycelyn this afternoon. Thinking of you … sending you a big ol’ mama hug and a kiss on the forehead. We can’t wait to see you, Tiger!!
Daddy got home today and took Baby to visit Paula to check on her packing progress — she has waaaayyy too much stuff for her new place, so it’s a process. But it’s all good and she’s really looking forward to the move.
Jan and Cesar have their grandson staying with them. I think that might explain why Cesar vacuumed (yes, I said vacuumed — with a shop vac) their ENTIRE front yard the other day. It went on for hours!! I could not, for the life of me, figure out what the heck was going on. Frankly, I’m still not sure. For a moment I was wondering if he knew he was outside. But now I’m thinking maybe he wanted to make sure it was extra safe for Felix ????
Anywho, I hope you all have a great day tomorrow!
Big LOVE and HUGS to ALL!!
Great writing.
Looking forward to your return!
Rhay, I can’t wait to see you! I’m happy and thankful for the opportunity you had to travel and meet new people and help them in any way could help. Make your last full day there a memorable one. I love you!!!
Dear Glimpsers!! What an incredible journey that you all have taken up so bravely!! Quite honestly, it’s an eye-opener for many of us who learned so much about the cause and purpose, watching you (reading through all your amazing blog stories) go about grabbing the opportunities to explore to different cultures, people, see things from a different perspective. You all seemed to have developed such a great friendship and bond among yourselves and come back with a great sense of appreciation for each other and human life. This leadership experience will prepare you better in your future endeavors and go long ways in your lives. We can’t wait to see you all coming HOME tomorrow night!!! Dear Rohini, we are so proud of you and see you very soon!! Lots of love to you and the rest of your incredible friends and staff!!