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Immersion Experience: Honduras
HONDURAS TEGUCIGALPA DAY 3
An emotional and physical day.
Today we returned to the community and immediately got involved with different hands-on tasks. We helped restore a wall by painting it, and prepared a chicken and rice dish to take to the people at the dump site. We then travelled to the actual dumpsite, and we encountered the harsh conditions the community has to endure to make a living. We took 150 meals and drinks that were taken within minutes. We all experienced a lot of emotions, and the stench was so strong from rotting trash that served as a reminder of the experience for the rest of the day. Once we returned back to the community center, it was difficult to eat our own lunches as we reflected on what we had just seen and experienced. After lunch, we carried hundreds of pounds of cement and cement blocks to help build a bathroom in one house and a floor in another. It was physically demanding, but incredibly rewarding. We were then treated with baleadas, a very typical Honduran dish consisting of flour tortillas, eggs, and beans, which we had helped make earlier in the day. Overall, it was a difficult day with the heat and manual labor, but we all felt pride in the work we had done. We are looking forward to being able to continue with our projects tomorrow and seeing our new friends again!
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