Our final day in Colima started the same as the others. A morning meeting followed by a hearty breakfast. By the final day breakfast is often just a yogurt or fruit to get going as we eat so much good food for lunch and dinner.
Stephan joining the team for our morning meeting
We headed off to the main house, Casa Matriz, to lead the kids in some planned activities. Like our other two days at Matriz we split the kiddos into three groups and rotated them through sports, games, and crafts.
Yoga is always a good way to start the day
Testing our frisbee skills
The craft table is a busy place that needs lots of supervisors. You never know where that glue will end up
Alex and Tonio blowing up balloons for the kids
One of the "kids" enjoying the balloons in the trampoline
Alex exhausted after blowing up 100 balloons
A quick hug with Raquel
And then we went to Esperanza to finish up the projects that were in progress. There was painting and general maintenance tasks to complete before we would call ourselves finished.
Many hands make light work
Handyman Dan finishes up some light electrical work
Emma practices writing "SALIDA" to mark the exit arrow
Gracie showing how easy it is to paint the ceiling when you are tall
Dan and Sasha laughing in a totally spontaneous and unposed picture
Everyone in front of the Esperanza House
Emma taking a quick snoozer on the drive back to the hotel. Smart kid
After a rest and some much needed pool time to cool off, we headed back to Matriz for an end of trip party. All of the houses came out to eat tacos and play games with us. It was amazing to get to see all of the houses together at the same time. Logistically it's hard to host that many people in the same space for dinner. But luckily there is a great caterer in town who specializes in tacos. Try to act surprised about that one.
Gracie blowing bubbles for the Cuna house kids
Every kid loves to pop bubbles floating in the air
Dan and Pablo shooting the breeze
Julie eating with some of the Golandrinas kids
We ordered 800 tacos for the entire group. You'd think that'd be enough for this many people, but I know there were some teenagers who could eat a whole lot more.
A pinata for the littles
And then the night ended with a send off. The team was surrounded by the entire group of kids and caregivers who prayed over us. I'd like to say that I understood what was being said, but my spanish isn't all that great. What I do know is that prayer time was a powerful moment and there were many happy tears. Tomorrow we leave Colima, but I know our hearts will always have a home here in this place.
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