Saturday Afternoon - School Supply delivery

At 2:00 p.m. a bus picked us up to take us to two impoverished schools that we donated our school supplies to. The first was in Macao and the second was in Veron. This is the first year that we’ve gone to the school in Macao. The Punta Cana Rotary Club is building them a new structure which is where the desks that we refurbished will be used. All of the kids dressed in their Sunday best and were on their best behavior just for us.

At the school a little boy stayed with Rachel because she was giving him bracelets and stickers, she finally just picked him up and walked with him.  He was the cutest thing ever!

The school is in bad condition.  There is only a wooden frame with different sheets of tin for the walls and roof, but the kids were happy regardless of their situation.

We also saw a really cute donkey. The school in Veron is better off than the school in Macao, nonetheless, the kids were just as happy to see us. When we were finished dropping off the school supplies we walked through the village and gave out candy.

On our way from Macao to Veron Jean Paul showed us a beautiful beach area. There were vendors everywhere trying to sell us hats and paintings.

After giving supplies, we headed back to the hotel. There we changed for our night out. Everyone looked very nice, especially Grayson and Bobby. The Guidicelli’s rented a bus for us to take a trip to a local mall. We got to the mall and immediately got something to eat. We ate pizza. We then went shopping although the merchandise was outrageously expensive. We packed up and headed back to the hotel. We had our evening reflections meeting and then called it a day.

Contributed by Rachel Harriman and Kathryn Flynn, Shenandoah County