Thursday, March 3, 2016

Only two more days in Costa Rica

Today was our last day at La Lucha school. We were able to finish up the wall and the painting and the final product looked great. The students were so happy to be able to help the school with something that they really needed. Its a great feeling to know that you have made a lasting impact on your interim trip. We had a time of sharing and reflection with the community with speeches made by the school and by our students and then we had a celebratory soccer game with La Lucha students.


Carlos, one of our WLS instructors, and Anjana helping Shai with her speech
our hardworking team

saying goodbye to our new amigos

Then, after lunch with some local families, we had a brief down time back at the hotel before we embarked on an adventure race. The students split into four groups of five and had five stations or checkpoints that they had to pass through: Salsa dancing, water challenges with a raft, making a tortilla, milking a cow, and having an interview in Spanish. The last three were done at the homes of nearby Costa Ricans who welcomed us into their houses for this game.




Introducing our teams from top left: The Amigos. Top right: Team Bionic Penguins. Bottom left: Team Bullet Ants. Bottom right: Lost Tribe of Mount Vernon

our map. Students had to navigate their way through the map on their own

Running to start the race

Determined runners on their way to the next check point

Learning how to milk a cow

One checkpoint had various water challenges, including having all members stand safely on a raft for three seconds

Learning to salsa dance

Making our own tortillas from scratch

What other interim trip gets to milk cows?

Tomorrow we are white water rafting!