Day 7!

Dear parents, family, friends and whoever else might be reading this,

We have had a number of great days during this trip, but this one ranks among the best. We started attending Mass at Damien House, which was of course in Spanish. The residents were given maracas and tambourines to shake during the songs and they loved it. Everyone have a good time, although I personally had no idea what the priest was saying.

After the Mass we went to the men's area to celebrate Kata's birthday with cake and soda! Honestly, I was missing chocolate. 

The next stop after Damien House was the Starfish Foundation in Flor de Bastion. Flor de Bastion is an incredibly underdeveloped community that has only existed for about 15-20 years. Despite this, the area is very large and is home to many people. The Starfish Foundation seeks to aid the students of the area with education and school work and to help them advance out of the situation that they presently face. We were able to work with the students at the foundation and connect with them. That was extremely fun and everyone had a good time doing homework and playing games. The little brother of one of the students kept running around and giving everyone hugs. Also, most of the students wanted to take a picture with me because I'm tall.

After leaving the foundation, our group headed back to Tangara and ate dinner. We also celebrated Kata's birthday with  cookies! I'm writing this as I'm about to go to bed and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow. 

Sincerely,

Alejandro Wilson and the 2014 Ecuador team