Today was a great day! We went on a field trip with my counterpart, Vida Cristiana. They are an Evangelical church that runs a Center for Development working with high risk/needy kids. Our site was invited to a celebration of the crops at a nearby center. The community is nuzzled high up in a cloud forest...we were literally walking in the clouds. The church teaches the kids how to cultivate their own crops. Today they had atol (drink made from fresh corn) waiting for over 500 guests. After several dance, cultural, singing and prayer presentations we all got to pick our own crops. The visiting kids received a bag full of bananas, plantains, oranges, squash, pumpkin, guavas, coffee, corn, and coffee. I made a few friends and hope to visit them soon. It is incredibly beautiful up there. Unfortunately, the entire community has only on large classroom that serves as their school and some of the kids have to walk over three miles to get to it.
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