Día Doce: Final Full Work Day

 Salutations familias,

    Today, Kurt and Alex are writing the blog. Buckle up and hands and feet inside the car for the best ride in Zurite!

    The morning, as usual consisted of a yummy breakfast for all. At our homestay, we had banana pancakes alongside fresh fruits and veggies. When everyone converged onto Don Tomás's house, we went around with our routine check-in + stretch circle. After the check-in concluded, the boys snuck in a quick game of Quadritos, a local street game that is the equivalent of four-square but you can only use your legs. 

    At the school, the group broke up into four groups: the greenhouse, the mural, the dancers, and the musicians. At the greenhouse, we started putting up the plastic lining around the structure. This will ensure that when the seeds are brought to the greenhouse, they are given the best living conditions. At the mural, the team worked on finishing up individual sections, and finding the best paint color to do so, a laborious and painstaking task. The dance team, consisting of Nilesh and Murohn, finished the choreography of 24k Magic by Bruno Mars. Finally, the music team which was Matt and Jonah, practiced the song we will be singing in front of the high school: Hotel California. At 11:30, Nilesh and Murohn got everyone to practice the choreography for 24k Magic. We made it pretty far, and tonight we will try and get through the whole song!

    Lunch was a delicious soup and beef curry with rice, satisfying everyone for the work ahead. Yet we did not get our hands dirty immediately. The early afternoon was spent sorting and moving the 5 massive duffle bags full of donated cleats and jerseys to the school. We then held a sportswear giveaway for the students of Zurite high school, after which we took a picture with the entire student body.

    The afternoon was again, more work. The groups were now 2, being the mural group and the greenhouse group. While the mural group painted the ring around the calendar a nice cool mint green, the other group finished raising the roof on the greenhouse (the roof was lightweight plastic tarp). We wrapped up the day by slightly altering our nightly schedule, now eating dinner at 6 instead of 7 so that we could reconvene after for the dance choreography.

Abrazos fuertes, 

Alex y Kurt

Photos:

Menlo Kids with the Zurite Kids after the gear exchange

Mid-exchange

Team Greenhouse wrapping the plastic

Team Musician with the Zurite musicians

    Videos:

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Greenhouse and Mural Work Update