June 14 – June 20
My goodness, there are a lot of holidays here! On Wednesday,
we celebrated Students’ Day. Students wrote cards to each other with encouraging
messages and, at the end of the day, a magician came to perform for everyone in
primary school. Following the show, we had a dance off among the students and,
because we are in Colombia, it was amazing to see how many of them really know
how to move!
Aside from that, it’s neat to see how people celebrate
soccer here like we celebrate football in the United States. Several times,
I’ve seen people outside someone’s house, sitting around a TV in plastic
chairs, all wearing tricolor (yellow,
blue, and red – Colombian flag colors), and cheering on Colombia’s national
soccer team. I believe the Copa América
is going on right now and the game-watching parties and cheering I can hear
sometimes from my window remind me of the Super Bowl.
- I’m very excited to say that I just got my MUSA dress and
it fits great! A volunteer in one of the pueblos is helping a co-operative of
women improve advertising for their sewing business, MUSA. He asked if any of
the volunteers in our group wanted a dress made and, excited to support another
volunteer’s project, I said, “yes.” I found soft, green fabric and a dress I
wanted to have copied and gave the volunteer those things plus a note thanking
the women for their work. They finished quickly and now I have a very
inexpensive, beautiful handmade dress.
- Happy Birthdays and Happy Father’s Day to my US family! I
hope you’re having a wonderful time celebrating June!
- We had another Camp GLOW meeting in Puerto Colombia. Camp
is coming up fast and I’m so excited for all the things I’ll be helping with!
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