| We woke up to the roosters "cock-a-doodle-doo" at 5:55 am...this is the view out our bedroom window... |  |
 | ...and here is a proud Chica with her roosters, which is our alarm clock every morning! |
Breakfast was fried eggs and grilled bread with orange juice and that tasty coffee again. Chica does not eat with us; she has the table all set, and she sits in the living room while we eat. When we were almost finished, she brought us a plate of pineapple with a honey syrup.
| We headed to the school and found the kids were already there, waiting for us... |  |
We divided into groups - some continued painting in the school, and Charlie and Frank went to paint the farmacia, which is owned by the church. The remainder stayed at the school and played with the children and taught them how to use the sports equipment that had been sent down earlier...hula hoops, jump ropes, baseball, basketball and soccer equipment...
At noon, Chica came to get me; Frank and Charlie were still painting. Chica's daughter went to get Frank; lunch was rice with chicken, plantains and fruit. Frank headed back to finish painting with Charlie, and I stayed at the house until 2 pm, which was our meeting time at the school. Chica's daughter took me to the farmacia.
| Frank and Charlie had been painting... |  |
and were being watched, the entire time, by the pharmacist (with the curlers in her hair) and some villagers...
| When we went back to Chica's so Frank could get cleaned up, it poured, and I was able to get some pictures of how the rain barrels catch the rain off the roof... |  |
The rest of the group had met back at the school at 2pm to decorate for the party with the students; due to the rain and Frank's painting, we didn't get there until 2:30. About 100 students showed up, and we made visors with them, that Dale had brought with her.
The kids sang and danced for us, and ended with big hugs for all in our group; we celebrated with cake and punch.
We went to 5:00 pm mass, then headed to Via Mia for a youth group presentation of their local culture - songs and dance.
| The youth in our group shared in a "cultural exchange" with the youth of the DR... |  |
 | ...followed by dance lessons! |
They prepared a buffet dinner for us. We returned to the village, unloaded the groceries that Sister Veronica had bought in town for our host family dinner on Sunday, and were all dropped off at our homes. We collapsed into bed at about 11 pm.
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