Day 1: Special Needs After School Program

Hello everyone! This is going to be a quick post because I am currently sneakily stealing someone's Internet because I don't want to pay a dollar per minute! That's actually a ridiculous price. But today was such a fantastic day. This morning I had orientation and the tour guide took us around Antigua! Probably the coolest thing he told us is that there is a city of tunnels under the actual city! The nuns used it back in the early 1900s to travel in between the 70 cathedrals! Only 25 are in operation today. After our tour we went to a special needs after school program. This was easily the most magical moment of my life. Not only did I and the group of volunteers I was with receive the loveliest welcome from screaming kids but the entire day all the children were so excited to have us there. I was probably equally excited or more! We organized a few games like musical chairs and a balloon popping game. One of the cutest parts was when the kids put on a talent show for us. All the little girls dancing had so much sass; it was fantastic!! When we left though, I thought my heart was going to break. Maria, the little girl I worked with, wouldn't let go when we were hugging and it was just so heartwarming. It was truly a wonderful experience. Melissa and I did manage to get a run in today and the scenery here is like nothing I've ever seen :)

Ana is so full of life!

Taught Maria how to take a selfie! Success.