Friday Week 2, My Most Memorable Day!

Friday was my last day at Fe y Alegria and would prove to be my most memorable. To start the students in our first English class surprised us by decorating the chalkboard and giving myself and my partner D.J an applause when we walked into the class room. The teacher Julissa and some of the students gave small speeches thanking us for teaching English, American Football and for volunteering our time. We spent the remainder of the class time taking pictures after the speeches and saying “goodbye” to the students. My little buddy Ruben also stopped by during while we were taking pictures and found his way into the class portrait. This proved to be difficult after spending time and getting to know them.

Some of the students gave us gifts to remember them by and the one that stood out the most were the gifts from Maryt and Angela. Maryt and Angela wrote each of us a card with a personal message thanking us for helping them and for spending out time at the school. Maryt thanked me for helping her in the computer lab and for attempting to fix her USB drive. They also us necklaces to remember them and I will not forget such kindness.

Maryt was unaware of this but I purchased a USB drive for her to replace the one that had problems. I loaded the USB drive with English lessons for Spanish speakers before hand and discreetly placed it into her palm as we said our final goodbyes.

Another gift that stood out was a bracelet from one of the students named Candy from the 13 – 14 year old class. These gifts were completely unexpected and I plan to showcase them when I return home.

Last but not least my little buddy Ruben also gave me a gift. It looked to be a piece of a Christmas ornament and I thought that It was extremely thoughtful coming from such a young child.

It was difficult to leave but we were finally able to get into our van and head home for lunch. After lunch D.J and I went to the mall to print the pictures and left them with our colleague Kelsey to distribute them.

I returned to pack my clothes, eat dinner and then played some games in the living room before saying “goodbye” to my friends for the past two weeks. I had an early flight on Saturday morning to Cuzco and had to go to bed early.