The day started off slow, a lot of use weren’t feeling too well but thank the Lord that our home stay was able to give us an ample breakfast to give us energy for the day. After breakfast we separated in our respective school groups and headed off to our volunteer programs. In my classroom with Sofie, we got to learn (very minimally due to the language barrier) about Cuscanian history. It was still enticing and was most likely a key part of the schedule due to the upcoming festival. Different from the first two days of volunteering, Sofie and I found ourselves hard at work copying down cursive sentences about a national park in Peru for the kids to copy down as a part of their writing homework. We were interrupted by P.E. time where the kids seemed to work on their speed and jumping ability. They had an interesting format set up, a green line of cloth was set much above the kids between two soccer goals, and the kids would have to run up to the line and jump as high as they could and attempt to touch it, only on kid succeeded. The day ended quick with the kids learning geometry as Sofie and I completed our calligraphy task. We then headed out to lunch and were able to paroozle the city before heading to dinner. That day I was able to see a plethora of art work from the student at an art college very close to us. The art was very native based and seemed to fit with what has happening in preparation for the festival. We then ate dinner at homestay and proceeded to a club (don’t worry parents, no drinking was allowed nor happened) where we had Salsa, Bachata, and Zumba lessons. The entire experience was exciting and although everyone was tired, we all felt a live. We returned to the home stay around midnight and went to be right away to prepare for our next day at the school.
-Ilyas Adam Clouse
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