Yesterday we went to a place called upavim. There we spent time with kids from ages 1-5. We had lunch with them and even a mini food fight broke out. Kids loved John. They played with his beard and watched while Katie got hugged. Laura even made a friend called Hugo and they read a book together. Then we had a tour of the grounds at upavim, which is a women run sewing and handcraft shop. 100% of the sales from the goods they produce go towards the daycare and school that they run. After the tour, we returned to Semilla to rest and make another trip to the supermarket to get more snacks. Many of us tried the chocobananas at Semilla because we were really hungry. After dinner of beans and rice, we met as a group to reflect on the past couple of days in the CASAS program. We all shared our highlights (many of which were playing with the children at upavim) and our lowlights (many if which were the fact that we are really tired). We finished up the day playing cards and packing to leave on Saturday. At the current time, I am blogging from the courtyard where we have just finished breakfast. It's now time for mcc orientation so I should stop blogging. Talk to you when we find Internet access again (because we will be in he country for the next couple of days, so don't freak out when we don't blog every single day). -the vendrely twins