Wednesday was a rough day. We all seemed to be in a slump...tired, sore and a little sickly. It was our longest work day by far. The highlight Wednesday (and every day at La Cometa) was our dear Randall hosting "classe de chocolate". Nothing perks up 19 women like chocolate in the middle of the day. It is a hilarious class where he tells us about local chocolate. That evening we got to spend time relaxing and a few girls joined Randall and Alex on a grocery store trip where we bought loads of junk food for the group. Haha. Quite a transition from a week of rice and beans.
Today has been far and away the best day of our trip. We worked hard and got to see our work completed we spent time learning more about the community. We spent time with the locals who have become our friends. People like Michelle and her sister Stacy and her mom Julie. Marco and Mary Laura from La Cometa. Santi, the McGuyver of San Jose. Local teenagers Brandon and Michael and Louis and Rachel. We picked paint splatters off the ground with our fingernails an told our life stories.
Today has felt like the kind of day when the veil between heaven and earth is so thin you think you can almost touch the eternal. It has been full of laughter and tears...the hardest and most beautiful things some of us have ever seen. At one point today I remember looking at the mountains inthe distance, clouds hovering above them and the sky seemed to open and the sun broke through,sparkling rays and brightest beams...and it felt like the most clear picture of today for us. That the Holy broke through in sore arms and chipped fingernails and smiles on little girls and hugs all around. What a joy to be on this trip if a life time.
To end the day we hugged our sweet friends and kissed them Adios and drive away in a bus. We turned to see two tiny girls, Michelle and Allison running after us full of giggles and "ciao"s. It was almost more than we could take.
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