Today is the last day of our stay in the town of Santa Rita, our home for the last two months. We are heading to Panama City tomorrow for the last days of training before being sworn in on Wednesday as official Peace Corps Volunteers instead of trainees.
It was time to say goodbye to our host family. We took a picture of the four of us and left a framed copy as a souvenir. Rita and Rogelio are old hands at this, having had ten Peace Corps trainees in past years and another coming in May.
The 33 Peace Corps trainees in Santa Rita put on a farewell fiesta for the host families. The main course was a huge bowl of
arroz con pollo which was cooked by a local mom and served by the PC folks.
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| Serve it up! |
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| We rented the local dance pavilion. |
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| Of course there was cake! |
After the dinner we all went home and exchanged gifts with the host families and gave them an official certificate from the Peace Corps. To finish off the night there was a party at one of the host family houses for all of the Peace Corps trainees. We had lots of fun dancing, and then we got a surprise visit from a
Diablo Rojo, whose driver was a friend of the family. Of course we all ran out and posed for pictures on the bus. Here are a few:
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| All aboard! |
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| Heather maintains her Commercial Driver's License. |
Here are a couple of pictures of the town which we took today as a souvenir:
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| The Catholic Church |
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| Bus stop at the edge of town |
And last of all, Heather has to say goodbye to the rooster which has been keeping her awake for the past two months!
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