Today was easily one of my favorite days so far on this trip. We visited the orphanage, Hogar el Alba. Once we even drove through the entrance I knew it was going to be a mind-blowing and eye-opening experience. The area was very run down but you could tell they tried as hard as possible to give children an environment that they wouldn’t mind waking up to everyday. The land was scattered with playgrounds and soccer fields that the kids seemed to never get sick of.
Once we arrived we were greeted with hundreds of pastries and beverages and it was amazing because even though they don’t have much they still spent hours cooking this meal and making sure we felt appreciated for helping them. We then started working and I quickly realized that before we arrived I was hoping to get it over quickly so we could spend time with the children. However, I had a sudden change of heart and realized how both fun and rewarding that experience was. After I finished a project, I felt a sense of pride that was stronger than what I’ve felt before after doing service projects.
We worked for about 5 hours doing task after task once we finished a project and once they were finally complete we got the reward of spending time with the children. I played a new version of the game red light, green light, spent time on the playgrounds, played in a huge soccer game, and helped a little girl attack Tyler with a stick while giving her a piggyback ride.
This visit could’ve been considered one of the most labor intensive tasks we’ve had on the trip so far; however it was the most meaningful and worthwhile day we will have on this trip.
Group photo once we said our
last goodbyes. The youngest child, Luc and I getting creative with rubber gloves.
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