Hola! Today was Labor Day in Guatemala, so San Antonio was closed, but SMJ and Brillo del Sol were both still open. Group 2, who was originally supposed to go to San Antonio, tagged along with Group 1 at Brillo del Sol and combined for a group of 9 cadets. With no distractions from the niños, we were able to get a lot of work done. We fully repaired a bench that was in very rough shape, and it passed the Nutter and Professor Cadwalader stress test. Another small group worked on digging out and laying a foundation for our gravel and cinder block outline for the play area. During Spanish class at the Ixchel Spanish School, there was a mini celebration for the school’s 25th anniversary. We all got matching shirts to celebrate and plan to wear them on Monday for a nice group photo. After doing some review on vocabulary and other various things, everyone broke off into groups and we played Spanish games. My group played “Basta!” which is a game that involves writing a verb, name, fruit/vegetable, and thing based on a randomly selected letter. After this, a large group of students went to Pappy’s BBQ, which is conveniently down the street and was voted as a Top 50 certified Angus beef vendor in the entire world. Overall, it was another great day. Thank you for reading, and we will continue to update you as the trip goes on.
–Luke Tedstone–
