This day was pretty sad. It was our last day in La Cieba, so we saw both projects as done as we could get them.The mural looks good, and we met Pedro, the boy we are sponsoring at the Alianza. He seems very motivated, because he was borrowing his cousin's Spanish to English dictionary and learned basic English like that. Jen has a lot of faith in him, so I trust her.
Then we returned to the elementary school and did some work on the classroom. We got two walls about 4 feet high, so it was good to see that. The kids put on a show for us, and there was a lot of dancing. I worked mostly, but I was able to catch the little girls doing traditional dancing. They were very cute. I did not get to see Lester, but its probably just as well, because I don't know if I would have been able to say goodbye.
After that, we went back to the Comedor and had lunch. I am going to miss Nicaraguan food. It has so much flavor. Then we went to the Hotel for Chocolate Torte and a processing session. The session was very emotional. Almost everyone cried, including myself. I think everyone had the same thing on their mind, did we do enough? Mostly, I think we did what we could, but its still a trap that is hard to get out of. I will come back here eventually, and hopefully the classroom will be used and more projects are done. That is all I can hope for.
Tonight is the despedida. Its basically a party on the street to say goodbye to us. It will be fun. Lots of good food and dancing, but it would probably be sad as well. Our whole family is going so I am excited. It will be nice to have one last fiesta with everyone.
We leave tomorrow morning, which is hard to believe. We will stay in Managua tomorrow night and fly out on Saturday morning. It is bittersweet leaving, I am excited to getback home, but part of me just loves this country and never wants to leave. I definately will come back, its just a question of when. Hopefully its sooner rather than later. The country is beautiful and the people are nice, so it is very welcoming to me. I also think there are many things left to do to try and help. I keep feeling like I may try to get involved in International Programs at FSU and try to do stuff internationally when I get my Master's.
I am also not looking forward to trying to explain this trip to some of my friends. I don't think they will really understand the experience I have gone through and how it has changed me. Hopefully they will see in time, and they can read my journals if they really want to know. I just hope they really do, not just pretend for my sake.
Well, its almost time for the party, so I am going to go hang with the family.
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