Lluvia

Yes it has been a little rainy here in Antigua. For some reason it feels fitting, as everything is so green surrounding us. Yesterday morning was spent recapping our village season for work and preparing for this season to come. When we thought we’d have a slow couple of months after our mission season ended I suppose we didn’t account for our volunteers chomping at the bit to plan for the next year. It is wonderful to have such enthusiasm for service!

In the afternoon I wandered to the market with our executive director to check on some of the Angeles and Tres Reyes we are having carved for our Gala centerpieces and marketplace. The angels are still a work in progress but we got eight sets of the three kings. They really are beautiful. Not entirely my style (as I explained to our ED the sculptures I like best are the Calaveras (the skulls).

Later on in the day I was out walking around the streets and they were holding some type of children’s race. There were kids, age probably four years old to ten, running through the streets on a probably 1 mile or so race. It was super cute, although entirely far too dangerous for my likes since the kids were running right along with the cars at times. I wish I could have taken a photo of this one tiny little boy, four or five at most, running up the sidewalk with his little tank top and running shorts and number on his chest. He was so focused, pumping his arms and trying to keep up. Adorable.

Last night we went to Santo Domingo for dinner and it was fabulous. I have never known the black bean soup (one of my favorites anyway) could taste so good. Ahh. Then we took some time to walk around the ruins of the monastery that the restaurant and hotel is built around/into. It looked like they were set up for a wedding the following day. I can think of few cooler places to get married … maybe I should start saving my money.

Off for another day!