Day 4: It was a dark start out for today. it rained while we slept leaving the ground moist and riped for mosquito population. As we woke to the sunlight streaming through our window we heard the sounds of cars blaring and the faint sounds of roosters cawing. We stirred trying to wake up from our supposed restful sleep, trying to turn on the room light. We flipped the switch and it glitched, we thought nothing of it until we saw the red light on the powerbox signify the generator kicked in. One of the first differences in the day that we encounter that we take advantage of on our trip.
---Let me rewind, this first paragraph shows how any situation can be taken lightly or in another way. But it also shows we can write meaning into our world just like this trip can and should do to us.
Today we continued working our our previous project, painting garbage cans, building bookcases, and helping out the kids in the classroom. These seems like nonchalant projects which they are if one looks at that way but not us. One has to focus on the deeper meaning behind why we are doing these projects. "See it, do it" one lady says to us, which is true all the way. Take a moment and think about it....
Talking about the projects, we focused on painting and beautifying the items to be used and be appealing to the fellow people of Barrio Blanco. Last year the last AB trip made mobile trash can units that can be moved from place to place and make it easier for the people to deposit trash. The trash cans can then be moved to the start of their town and be picked up and moved to the dump. This year we were repainting them and trying to make them more appealing and encouraging to the people to put trash in the trash cans.
We also helped in the classrooms with making snacks for the kids and interacting with the kids. One issue of getting education is the amount of  attention that is needed to be given to the children. Children need to be payed attention to and encouraged. They need to be inspired and able to show what they know and the interest you have in them will help with the learning process. Interacting with the kids was small in the big picture but it's one step in the process that can lead to many bigger changes. As we continue in our journey, we seek to learn more of the topic on educational and community development and how the bigger picture of what we do and what we have done unfolds before our eyes.
--Till next time