Farewell

Today we said goodbye to the students at Francisco Coll. They shared many songs, dances, and acts with us in an assembly. In addition we were presented with gifts from each class - drawings and paintings. The art teacher gave us a cross she painted. The afternoon was busy as we tried to completely finish the second floor. While we could not reach that audacious goal, the teens worked hard to complete as much as possible. Since pictures are worth a thousand words, and we have an exceptionally early wake up tomorrow for our journey to Lake Atitlan, I will keep this short.

The school children love posing for photos.

Watching the assembly performances brought us all great joy.

A traditional dance.

A few of our chaperones watching the performances.

A student in tradition clothes for her role in the performance.

Our teens played the guitar and jump roped.

The entire group managed to jump through one rope.
The students were rightfully impressed!

Working on the stairs.

Don Lolo was the most patient person anyone here knew.
His patience in teaching us how to do the tasks and especially
his patience when we made mistakes was incredible.

Making the last batch of concrete.
 

The nightly (intense) game of Bananagrams.

The visit of a very large spider during night prayer led to a bit of a distraction
as teens and Andres jumped for high ground.