Day 3- "Laughter, the language everybody can understand."

"Laughter, the language everybody can understand." -Katie Rolwood, this morning on the boat when we encountered a boat full of only people who spoke Spanish.


Once again, sunny skies, warm weather, and smiles helped us to have an out of this world kind of day.

Today we were able to finish the bus stop, finish most of the cement barriers, work on the school fence, and begin cleaning up a second bus stop. But before our work day began...Wacho brought us out on his boat to go dolphin watching. Wacho really knows what he is doing, and is a legend in the area. He was kind enough to take us out on the water for about two hours to look for dolphins, and show us some beautiful sights.

We had a blast on the boat, except for Ralf who became a tad bit sea sick. It was his first boat ride, and luckily was in the front for the first 15 minutes taking it all in.

The color of the water out there was indescribable. It was a shade of aqua that none of us had ever seen before. We had a little pit stop in a cove, where we got to swim and Wacho showed us some red poisonous frogs and others looked for sea shells and coral. Before reaching this spot, we were all tired on the boat and sleepy and barely paying attention to the dolphins. But something magical happened to all of us in the cove. It rejuvenated and re-energized us. It was something about the color of the water, and the rocks and tropical rainforest surrounding us, that made us all stop and truly appreciate life. It is kind of hard to explain, but we all felt it and it gave us inspiration for the continuation of our work for the day.

While working, we met a little boy named Joshua. He helped the girls with the hand prints and coloring the turtle stencils on the benches. Other kids joined in as well, and I think they enjoyed helping just as much as we did. Megan brought up an interesting point. While Joshua was helping her paint the volleyball net posts, they were both trying to communicate with each other. Joshua does not speak English, and Megan does not speak Spanish, yet they were able to talk through actions, smiles, and laughter. Today was a long day of work, but we made some serious improvements and cant wait to start some new projects and continue working on the second bus stop. Everyone is working very hard, and working together very well. It is so pleasing to all of us.

It is so interesting how in three days, we are adapting to the Pura Vida lifestyle.

I am off to a bonfire on the beach, since it is now dark so we cannot continue working. So, I will leave you with this thought. At the second bus stop today, that is quite far down the road, Aubrie, Leslie, Mike and I received some very wise works from a local. He had told us he has been to Europe, but would not change his lifestyle for anything. He said...


"We may not be millionaires, but we are still rich."



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