Today we yet again headed over to Brillo de Sol to finish up our painting. Today though, Sarah had an awesome idea to make a sun (el sol) using all of the hand prints of the students and teachers there. As i helped her with this task it was so exciting and refreshing seeing how happy the kids got just doing something different and how much fun they had contributing to a project that would stay on their walls forever. On top of that we even finished one of the rooms, only leaving two rooms left! Following our volunteering we then headed back to the school and had lunch and class. Today I had my presentation, which I was a little nervous about seeing as how the last one went but stayed positive nonetheless. Surprisingly, it went well! Maybe it was the fact that I had a good grasp on the material (or at least much better than healthcare) and that I was just much more calm, but I seemed to have regained the flow of speaking that I normally had. Finally, proceeding class today we had our "graduation ceremony". The faculty and administrators there had organized a dinner where all of our teachers and host families came to support the finish of our time here. Even though we all still had one day left (I actually had two) this was the most fitting date for that. It was yet again a great experience, but certainly a little sentimental, especially when people like Irvin and Karen spoke about how they felt towards this group. It really did hit home and made me realize how great these people really were and that they truly did welcome us with open arms.
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