our group cheer after working hard: "operacion de los pumas!!!"
We kicked off "la operacion de los pumas" on Tuesday and it was great! It was a beautiful day and all of the kids were there. Before we went out, we talked to them about working as a team and being very careful. We were a little nervous because they can get kind of crazy when they're excited, but they were amazing! They picked up all the trash and the hill already looks a lot better. The pictures show how well they worked together:
We also gave them their halloween letters from the youth group at St. Andrew the Fisherman church (Edgewater, MD). They were SO excited. Brittany and I helped translate the letters for them and they loved them! They especially loved all of the halloween stickers that were all over the cards (thanks mom and youth group!).
We have been celebrating 'dia de las brujas' (halloween) this week and it has been a lot of fun. They have been spoiled with candy from the US, and yesterday everyone made masks. We used plates, markers, and colorful pipe cleaners (thanks mrs. major!). We had a costume contest and Nelcy, with a great angel costume, won! Brittany was a super hero and I was a Colombian soccer player. Today we are going to play games and carve a pumpkin! Apparently they don't do that here, so it'll be fun for them to see one of our big traditions from the US.
Feliz dia de las brujas de los ninos de usme!!! Love and miss you all, Kate
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