Day 12 - Feb 3rd

Monday, February 3rd

Hi everyone

Today, we had a lovely breakfast of bacon and eggs.  Then to devotions.  Barb read the email and devotional that Joyce sent after returning home to Canada.  It was lovely.  Thank you, Joyce.

So, I worked with Jessikha this morning on more advanced crochet techniques and we set up the bags for the other ladies that would come this afternoon.  We made up 6 bags with yarn, hooks, needles, etc so they could work on their own as well as with Jessikha.  Her little girl, Samara, was with us until almost 1pm.  Then she was getting tired so she called her husband to meet her and pick up the little girl.  She is adorable (age 2) - dos anos.  We worked out on the patio in the morning but moved into the dining table area in the afternoon as it got quite windy.

Larry and Jonathan went for the children and the crochet ladies.  We had turned it around to afternoon as the younger children have school in the morning.  We did have 5 ladies but 2 were brand new.  So Jessikha taught the new ones and I helped the other 3.   They are doing very well, they just need practice.  About 2pm, I was getting a headache, we think from the varnish they were putting on the posts.  So we moved out to where the children were at the end of the field.  We were there for about an hour and a half before it was time for them all to go home.  I would have loved for them to stay longer but we have to coordinate trips in the van and there were others heading out then.  This is their last day.  It just seemed too difficult to work around school and other responsibilities.  

For school, the younger ones go in the morning, the older ones in the afternoon and the teenagers in the evening.  They all use the same classrooms.  We will need to remember this for future considerations as it made timing classes much more difficult.  With promises of connections with Jessikha for further teaching and help, we all said good bye.  With hugs and kisses, and crochet bags, we loaded them up in the van.  After a bit of a rest on the porch in front of our rooms, I went in for a shower to refresh myself.  Feels so much better. 

I have started to pack to go home, wash up clothes and give them away and generally organize myself.  Tomorrow, I am going with the Apoyo team on their co-op visits, if there is room for me.  Wednesday is our trip to Granada and the boat tour and then it is the final hours before heading out to the airport at 3:30am on Thursday.

See you all soon.

Susan (aka Suzie)