Safe and Snug in the Homestays

Hello everyone,
Ross here posting a quick blog from the eco lodge while all the others are safe and snug in the homestays after a long day of service work, making empanadas, swimming in the river and running curriculum. Jennifer Klein, the other instructor from World Leadership School, and I took the evening to visit all the homestay families. Joleen and Megan were sitting on their front porch, very happy to have a new fan to keep them cool at night and gearing up for an hour of karaoke with their homestay mom and dad (tomorrow we have a good bye community celebration with all the homestay families doing karaoke); Jean and Diahann were, after a very long day of work, playing SOCCER very joyfully in their yard; Dan was sitting on a hammock with Katy, his 5-year-old homestay daughter, while Ed was reading in their very relaxed and laid back homestay; Nate and Adam were dancing and singing so loudly with their family that I heard them a half mile away; Jeff has become semi-fluent in Spanish and is holding court having hours-long conversations with his family, absolutely amazing; Deatrice and Deb had their Spanish-English book out and was working it, trying to communicate as hard as possible with their family and laughing the whole way through. In summary, this is a very hard-working group and they are loving the time with their host families. Look for another blog post tomorrow!
Ross Wehner