Jungle Gyms and New Continents

Our group had a very productive day and we enjoyed ourselves doing many activities. This blog (at least this part of it) is going to be a bit bias because of the exceedingly amazing adventures Sophie and I had while repainting the mural in the middle of the basketball court. It began when we were repainting the beautiful islands off of the east coast of Florida and South Carolina. You see, there had been added into our beautiful earth a wonderful set of new continents/islands. But although they were glamorous, green, and glorious we had to paint over them because in reality they didn't exist. After we repaired the earth with our paint brushes we also thought it would be a good idea to reshape South America, add in parts of Central America as well as Africa, Europe and Antarctica. 

I am happy to inform all readers that there are no longer land masses (aka continents or deserted islands) floating off the coast of Florida. Sophie and I made sure that the earth is now in great condition. (However no one is perfect and the earth is still a bit misshaped...and yes to Sohipe and Cam, I am going to look up the shape of the earth when I log off this blog.) There are still shallow land masses off the northern coasts of Canada. That being said, I shall move on to other parts of our day. 

The final product of our center mural adventure. It is quite fantastic. 

While Sophie and I were having our globe repainting adventure our fellow Global Voicers continued painting the ever dreaded color de melón. Josh, Jake and Peter (also others else helped) did an excellent job with finishing the last bits of wall that remained to be painted. **Please pardon my English if it reads a bit funny. I have been translating between Spanish and English for 10 days now and it is messing with my brain** ANYWAY, Darren and Donovan fixed cabinets in the locker room of the girls’ dormitory and Brooke and Cambria finished painting the benches. Other activities that occupied our time were repainting the name of the school. It is now beautiful orange (unless you are Sophie, then it is red-orange). The letters look excellent now thanks to all the hard work of all the members of GV2011. :) <--That is a smiley. :) <--There is another one. 

Peter is so awesome at painting. 
We are so grateful for his talents!

Another fun thing that happened today was making bracelets with the kids at the Internado. We started the activity yesterday with about 15 kids and today many of them wanted to return and make more. Those who finished their homework came to visit Sophie and I while we made hemp bracelets. We showed a few kids how to do that but it was confusing so they just made more beautiful bracelets with buttons and beads. 

We had a scrumptious lunch of chicken, rice, beans and salad while at the Internado. We played more group games with the kids today: head, shoulders, knees and toes; pie pie pie (thats foot in Spanish); All of the guys turned into jungle gyms for the kids, toting them around on their backs and Donovan even became a horse for a few small moments. Props to Donovan for carrying four children on his back while crawling with knees on concrete. He is the man! According to Jake, Cambria continued organizing her MCA, and we all agree. :) Before we headed home the kids performed a dance for us. I have a video, but it is much too large to post here. It was really sweet and they all bid us farewell with hugs and kisses on the cheek. 

Donovan, Brooke, Peter, Jake, Darren, Rachel, Cambria, Sophie and Josh 

The remainder of our day was also filled with fun and and deliciousness. Jeff and Paul (we are staying at their house) are here and they made some bomb-diggity guacamole to accompany our dinner! We are all very excited for tomorrow’s adventures but I don’t want to steal the thunder from tomorrow’s blogger so what we are going to do will have to be a surprise to you all until the next blog is posted. 

Hasta pronto amigos! 

Rachel Breithaupt