Day 10 – Final Reflection
Student Trip Blog
CAP day 2
Today, as leaders (Camilla and Vanessa), we woke everyone up at 7 am sharp. Then at 8 am, we gathered for breakfast: cereal, pineapple, watermelon, eggs, sausage, and toast. After making sure everyone had enough to eat, we headed out at 8:45 am to drive to our CAP location (El Yaque). When we arrived around 9 am, we got straight to work. Due to the rain last night, our stairs got a little messed up, so we started by cleaning them up. We separated into different groups to make more stairs, pickaxe crews, and shovel crews. We dug up sand farther up the trail, then carried it back in buckets to the work spot. After that, we mixed the sand with water for the river and the cement for the ditch. When we finished, we scooped the wet cement into buckets and create a chain to carry the buckets up the stairs to the ditch.
At 12 pm, our morning work was done, and we came back to La Salle for lunch. For lunch, we had salad, chicken wings, Dominican lasagna, rice, and beans. Once everyone was done with lunch, we left at 1:45 pm to head back for the CAP. We arrived at the CAP and got right back to work. We completed day 2 of the CAP, shorter due to rain, but we were tired anyway. We got back to La Salle, and everyone cleaned themselves up before dinner.
For dinner we had salad, Dominican pasta, rice, and fried yuca. During dinner, we announced the new leaders (Sam and Rachel). After dinner, we hung around, reading, coloring, playing Mafia and Imposter, waiting for our nightly meeting.
Comments (13)
Melissa Izzo
Love a good game of Mafia! Sam you better give a great write up! Missing you so much and can’t wait till Sunday!
Xxoo
Mom
Kasey
You all should be so proud of yourselves. It’s not easy. This is incredible work and I’m sure exhausting. You’re doing it! I love the team work! Great recap. I love the pictures. We miss you Camilla!
Mirian Griffin
Nice job Vanessa and Camilla! Sounds like a very productive day and a lot of teamwork. Can’t wait to hear all about this. We love you and miss you, Vanessa. Love, Mom, Dad and Zo! ❤️💪🏾
Susie Iglesias
It sounds like you had a long, busy, and rewarding day! We’re proud of all the hard work you and your group put into rebuilding the trail, especially after the rain made things more challenging. We hope you’re having fun with your new friends and making memories that will last a lifetime—love you and miss you!
Love,
Mom, Craig and Nick
Sharon Groody
I’m so proud of all of you! You are really doing an awesome job with your CAP. Keep up the great work.
Love & miss you, Natalie!
Stay well,
Grandma ❤️🌹🥰😍
Adrian Gutierrez
Good work baby, im so proud of the work you’re doing. I can’t wait to talk to you again so soon i love you so much
Adrian Gutierrez
Im so proud of you babe and how hard your working, i love you so much and can’t wait to talk to you again so soon
Kasey
You should be very proud of yourselves! Sticking with it, in the rain and all of your hard work will pay off. We miss you and can’t wait to see you Camilla!
Nina Sitron
What a group of inspiring glimpsers! I’m proud to see my Wavy as one of them. It’s been such fun to hear from the daily leaders about their food, fun, & determination to contribute to the community in DR. Can’t wait to see the final product of the stairs & their pride. Enjoy the rest of the time there, & a shoutout of love to Wavy 💖
Juan Martinez-Muñoz
Look at these professional looking shots! Shout out to whoever is on camera duty! Rain couldn’t stop the work, happy y’all still showing up and giving it your 100%! Keep on doing the great work and maybe pick up some recipes to bring back home. Dominican lasagna sounds DELISH!
Amy Langdon
Ella and Sonam! You’re carrying that bucket of cement like it’s nothing! ❤️
Matt Griffin
Dinners sound authentic and amazing . Congrats to Vanessa on being a leader and working on leadership skills. Love ya and see you in a few days. ✌🏿❤️
Danielle Kaiser
I’m impressed with the progress you all are making! Looks like hard work. I miss you, Jules and can’t wait to see you! The time has really flown. Nice work, everyone!