9:52 PM: We just got a campfire going out here (in a pit behind the dorms), so I'm now writing by firelight. Today was our last full day in Mexico! And a full day it was...
It all started with Sala, led today by the week's visitors. Afterwards I had the opportunity of working with the groundskeeper, Norberto, tending the Prayer Garden. He showed me which colour of bougainvillea makes good tea, and which leaves and pods you can boil with it.
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| The garden-fresh tea had a buttery smell and distinctive "wild" taste. |
My last few minutes of working in Mexico over, I crawled out from under the bougainvillea bush I'd been cleaning, took my armfull of tea-making supplies and hustled up to the staff lounge for team-building.
We had lunch up there, and then promptly filed into the white YWAM van to begin our afternoon expeditions.
First stop: the market.
Next Stop: a pinata store.
Third Stop: another camp |
| The camp was set up as rows of concrete houses built around a central sand courtyard. Clothes lines stretched out around many of the entrances, as today was "washing day." Most of the washing was occurring in tubs in an open building near the front of the camp, while we meanwhile were distributing the rest of our stickers, bubbles and string to the fun-loving kids. |
(Please click "Read More" to view the rest of the day's events...)
Fourth Stop: The Beach
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| These stunning pictures, including the one of Katrina not-quite-being- thrown-in, are compliments of our Minnesota friends. |
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