Today we were supposed to spend the morning hiking up to see the volcano Poas, which is the volcano we’ve been living near this week. However, the weather today was not cooperative! Low lying clouds covered the mountain tops making the journey to the top pointless. Plus… the van broke down. So that was that! So instead we spent the morning at Lindsey’s house playing Uno, and then we headed over to the school a little early. It rained all day mostly, from downpours to light mists. We have learned to be very flexible here.
Poas is the mountian on the far right- everything from Poas to the peak on the far left is crater
At the school we had planned for our last day with the students to be more of a hangout day. First, the students of El Colegio had a little presentation for us! They made us a banner and we all signed it. Then Jesus, Nadia, and Daniella sang us a song. Next the dance team put on a little show for us, showing us some traditional Latin dancing. It was awesome! At the very end the dance team all grabbed partners for a little cha-cha, and Clair and Joey were among the lucky ones. After their presentation we did a bunch of games, and as the rain continued to pour we improvised. Tomas ended up getting us stuff for root beer floats to end the day. We all said our goodbyes, which was hard for the students on both sides. They really connected very well. We all made some new friends this week.
Joey and Laura dancing!
When the rain let up we walked to the church again to try and finish our work there. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but after all the cleaning we did we were supposed to paint, but once again we had to be flexible. Tomas and Lindsey say that it is very important to get the community involved whenever possible, and the paint was supposed to be donated. They would rather the community get involved then us just go grab paint and get the job done so…. the job didn’t get done! We washed windows and weeded, and did more cleaning. We stayed at the church as people began to show up, as we were all having a final dinner together (us, the ADES team, the church, etc.). It was wonderful spend time with everyone and say our goodbyes. The best part? Tomas drove up with the van fixed and ready to go! So we’ll still have our adventure tomorrow.
After dinner we headed back to our house to pack up. We are leaving tomorrow morning at 7am to head off to unknown lands! Packing has been quite the process- I think many of us opted to leave certain things here rather then try and get it back into our bags. But we are looking forward to tomorrow, and to the next day when we will be home again.
The Whole Group!
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