Wednesday 10 July 2013

Day 9 - Tropic Thunder : A Stampy Blog

Hello all, unlike the other bloggers mine won't be as swag, but it will all be good in da hood.

The morning started very early leaving the hotel at 7, traveling on our own private bus with every journey the widescreen crack getting larger. After a short journey passing  though the town and barrio. We arrived at the building site full of energy and enthusiasm to start mixing and moving the cement into our developing classroom as well as designing and painting a classroom last years Peru team built and painted outside the nursery. 

The painting was lead by Lisa our professional artist, who had designed a play school theme though out the school, from swings to cartoon children. The students enjoyed expressing themselves though this creative project until the sky's open with buckets of water falling down on us. After fighting through, it was too much and all work was on hold. However, this did not dampen anyone's spirit and as soon as it stopped everyone was in 5th gear to get the work done.

We arrived back to the hotel for a nice break and a hearty meal of chicken and vegetables. Then we ventured off to the local all girls school run by nuns, where staff and students became children once again. With a range of activities being carried out such as face painting, hair band making and sport activities.  I have never  seen anyone so happy just by playing pass the balloon backwards and forwards. The laughs and smiles from the children made a huge impact on me. How something so small can bring so much joy and this put my life in perspective, on living in the moment and being happy and positive, as it could always be worse. The time spent at the school flies by and it is a struggle for us and the pupils at the school to say goodbye.

We arrived back at the hotel for our tea, which was a hamburger and chips (it wasn't as good as a McDonalds, but it sure beats rice and potatoes each day). 

We finished the day with a reflection from Jo on Justice, the reflection moved all of us when Jo talked about her work at and history of El Salvador. This allowed us to reflect on how we are helping to provide justice to the local community by providing the essentials (a warm inviting classroom)  needed to educate the community.

That's all folks,
Stampy

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