Last day

 We began our last day with homemade brunch, courtesy of a few of our group! The rest of the morning we hung out and relaxed. Then, a couple of us joined Carlos on a trip into town. We stopped for some groceries and picked up pizza for our last dinner! We dropped a few things off at Carlos’ mom’s house and then met the rest of the group back at Maria’s house for dance class! A couple of women from the community taught us the Merengue, and we showed them some of our group dances…. like the cha-cha slide! We had such a great time and then wrapped up the evening with a pizza dinner at Kim and Carlos’ house. Another great day in the books! We feel so blessed to have had such a wonderful and enriching trip! 




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