Día 15 - Raíces y Relaciones

 Traducido el 5 de junio

¡Hola, soy Sophie! Hoy mi grupo fue a la escuela. Siempre es muy reconfortante ver a todos los niños alineados en la cerca esperándonos y ver cómo sus caras se iluminan cuando llegamos. Después de saludar a los niños, trabajamos imprimiendo, cortando y laminando tarjetas para que los niños aprendieran palabras en inglés. Luego almorzamos arroz, frijoles y carne, y jugamos a las atrapadas con ellos antes de que se fueran a casa. Cuando nos despedimos por penúltima vez, era evidente que todos estábamos tristes de que nuestro proyecto comunitario estuviera llegando a su fin. Sin embargo, creo que hablo por todos cuando digo que estoy muy agradecida por las amistades y los recuerdos que he hecho aquí.










¡Hola, soy Juliet! 

En la finca hoy nos divertimos mucho conociendo a más de la familia de Daniel. Sus dos hijas y sus familias terminaron de mudarse a la finca ayer. Fue muy lindo conocer a Josué, que tiene nueve años, y nos ayudó a trabajar en nuestros proyectos hoy. La pasamos muy bien escuchando música mientras nos dividimos en dos grupos. Sebastián y Sage empacaron tierra y brotes de café para colocarlos en el área de jardín recién hecha que Anya, Kai y yo construimos. Después de terminar nuestro proyecto de jardín, fuimos a ver nuestro proyecto final para mañana, donde ayudaremos a Daniel a hacer estanques de peces. ¡Todos estamos emocionados de trabajar en el agua mañana!





















Hablamos con el grupo que trabajó en la cooperativa de mujeres, quienes reportaron un día divertido y relajado. Para comenzar el día comieron una deliciosa y fresca sandía. El proyecto de hoy fue en el Airbnb, uno de los lugares más nuevos de la cooperativa, donde plantaron arándanos. El día se volvió animado cuando Kieran recogió una rana en el baño y fue mostrándosela a todos antes de que saltara de sus manos hacia Quinn. Walter también le mostró al grupo una hormiga bala y fueron a ver una hermosa cascada para admirar su bruma.










Pura vida,

Sophie and Juliet







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