Thank you, Dave M. '12

Because of the hard work Dave put into his Senior Project raising money for Casa Hogar, we had an amazing taco, nieves (ice cream) and piñata party for all of Casa Hogar...the adults and children...delivered to all of us.  Tomorrow the bulk of the money will go with Carmen and Enid as they go to Sam´s Club, yes it is here too, to purchase items (food, diapers, etc) that Coco, the head of Casa Hogar, gave us on a long list.  Dave, you have truely shaped your world and the world around you!!!  Unfortunately, I have only one photo of the party right now because my phone died after endless games of ¨Meet Swampy¨with the children on my iPhone.  Once I upload someone else´s photos, I will show you the joy on the children´s faces (as well as lots of guacamole) during the party!!

As for the rest of the day....It was another leg of the Amazing Race...If you haven´t read my last post, please do....it explains it all.  But the take home message is that the kids have done their best to be a part of every moment with the children from Casa Hogar as well as seeing all Oaxaca has to offer...but lots of naps and pepto were needed again today.  Here are some photos to capture our adventures!!!

The one photo of the party so far...9th graders who attend Overlook Farm take note..these children built and maintained a fire with no problem!!

And then there were four....the Survivors...Will, Samantha, Ms OB, Flor (our Spanish teacher) and Mr. Werner at Spanish School on Thursday.  The rest went home to rest up for the big party at Casa Hogar Thursday night

Gwen and the crew at Enid Dollard, our trip coordinator's house for lunch on Thursday!!

Enid´s hospitality was amazing!!

Brandonlee and Samantha plying football at Casa Hogar

Michael and the gang in a (parked) pick-up truck hanging out!

Emily and this little girl showing some style!!

Kate is a rock star at Casa Hogar!!

The homework-dining room at Casa Hogar

I have a nearly identical picture of Will from last year!!

Liz y los estudiantes during Break at Spanish School on Wednesday!!

Tuesday´s field trip with the children to Tule, a beautiful town with the famous Tule Tree...claim to fame....it has the largest base of any tree in the world and is around 2000years old!!