Saturday Summary

Today was a very rewarding day. Ben Hulefield set up our service project this year. Unlike other years in the past where we planted trees, painted buildings, pulled weeds, and other landscaping things; this year Ben told us that we were going to be renovating school desks for a school in Macao. I enjoyed this year’s project even more because I know that these desks are going to be used by little children everyday.

I was surprised that after the service project we actually got to go to the school where the desks are going. I was truly inspired when I heard of the teacher’s background. She was working at a resort near Macao and noticed that there was no form of education in that village. So she gave up her job and put up a school in the village with only tin walls and tin roofs.  

As always we delivered school supplies to certain schools, we usually only donate supplies to Colegio Elizabeth in Veron, but this year we donated to two more, the school in Macao, and the school that Kayla from the Peace Corps works with in Veron.

We ended the night with Paul and Aligda Guidicelli taking us to a mall not far from our hotel for a little treat. I also got to meet Paul’s mother from Santo Domingo. Overall I was happy with the outcome of today.

Contributed by Chase Smith, Bath County