Today was a wonderful day.

It really was unbelievable.  What a team!  When we arrived we gathered the kids and went for a bit of a hike (in reality we never really know what we're doing...we just follow along.)  It turned out Charo had a spot in mind for our party.  So we arrived at the spot in quite severe heat and sun and tried to get ourselves organized.  We had all sorts of games but no real plan.  Here's where the teamwork came in.  I laid out my blanket and started setting up the face paints.  Shea had the nail polish - the spa was set.  A few of the other volunteers had another face painting station.  Ben took charge of the fishing prize game.  He was impressed how the kids helped each other figure out how to do it.  Ezi ran over to the soccer pitch (SURPRISE).  It was a fair distance away and he was pretty tired taking care of that on his own.  Allan was in charge of bowling.  Bree the ring toss.  Zak was with the hula hoops, Twister game and volleyball.  Tony was running around shooting things.  It was crazy chaotic but the sounds of the kids laughing and screaming was music to our ears. 

After an hour and a half or so of that we headed back to the school and together the Fuze team dished out 53 plates of chicken nuggetty things and fries.   And poured out the Fanta (orange) and Coke.  Finished off with cookies and lollipops and the party was done. 

Everyone is a little sunburnt.  The kids all received little toys and we left soccer balls, the Twister, hula hoops, ring toss, bowling game etc. 

What an amazing feeling.  We really do hate to leave these kids.  We talked to them a bit about the school and reading and education.  And encouraged them to work hard. 

And now, we prepare for our departure from Huancaco/Trujillo tomorrow night.