By Mariana DiMaggio
Today was a little different than any of the other days here
so far. Instead of planting trees we had
a day dedicated to living a typical day in the life of our host parents. Ashley and I woke up first thing at 6 am to
learn how to make the traditional tortillas with our host mom and
grandmother. After a while it gets
easier to find your own technique and with a few tips from our mother we got
better by the end of breakfast.
Once our group was finished making tortillas, Ashley and I split off to work
with our host father and mother. Every
day they run a store attached to their house selling things from soda and candy
to fresh chicken. Once a week they get a
truck supply of soda and sell those bottles to surrounding stores. We rode with our father and mother in their
truck to the peak of one of the mountains to sell their soda and back down
again. It was so eye-opening to see how
they make a living and to share the day with them.
The last big event of the day was a soccer game with the
village in San Lorenzo, the place where we planted trees earlier in the
week. Before the games began there was
an opening ceremony with a speech to welcome us and a man playing the
violin. The guys game was first with
students from our group versus the men from Guatemala. While the guys played, the girls cheered and
played with the children. Someone
pointed out where else can you get a soccer game, bubbles the children were
blowing, and a man playing the violin over the microphone.
The guys ended up tying 1-1.
Next up were the girls after a quick pump up huddle, we were ready. The girls on the Guatemalan team were no
older than 16 years old, but live and breathe soccer. With tons of laughs and hand balls the game
ended with our team winning 1-0. We
shook all their hands and got a picture with our team and theirs before calling
it a day. Our other professor, David
Ives said that there were about 120 from the village watching both games. It was incredible to see how much our
presence meant to the people there.
Saying goodbye to everyone after the game was bittersweet, ending an
amazing few days and creating bonds with people who will never be broken after
working with them and playing soccer against them.
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