el 17 de abril
Katie-Today was our last day at Safe Passage. Some of us spent our last day in the kitchen, some in the classrooms, so our final experiences varied, but we all did come together to finish up our group activity which was tie-dying T-shirts. One interesting twist to this time with our morning and afternoon activity groups was that today the KIDS taught US some fun mini-games while we waited for the shirts to set just as we had been teaching them, and these were very fun to do together.
Also, today at lunch I spent time with my sponsor child, Ana Susana. The last time I saw her was two years ago when I visited Safe Passage with the Deering group. Now she is six years old, and boy has she grown in that time! We took our van to a Pizza Hut in Guatemala City because pizza is her favorite food, and on the top floor there was an indoor playground laden with balloons, in which we got to play and run around in. Very fun! :-D
When the bell rang at the end of the day, the class lined up to leave the building and many of the students ran from the line to give out final hugs and kisses; some even took rings from their fingers and bracelets from their wrists to give as gifts to us before they left! Once the students had left we left the project and loaded into our van, where we plugged speakers into an iPod and played music while singing and dancing to it for the children still crowding around the Safe Passage doors.
Miguel- Today was a fun day I worked in the kitchen today first and than played with the kids after lunch. Working in the kitchen was fun but hard too. I had fun with the kids when we made the shirts. At the end of it all it was a very sad day because I became close to one of the kids there in the middle school grades because he reminded me of me when I was little. I am really going to miss him even though I had only known him for 3 days. I wish I could stay longer and play more and talk more with him.
