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Blue Team in Art Class

Our days have been pretty full lately.  During the week, we typically get up between 6 and 7 and have breakfast and devotions around 7:30.  Then we leave the house at 8 and get to the school in Alcoy at 8:15.  Devotions with the whole group start at 8:30 and the camp begins at 9:15 when the kids arrive.  The kids rotate between sports, music, art, and English classes.  The camp ends around 1:30 and we have a catered lunch at the school at 1:45.  After lunch, we head back to the apartment in Cocentaina and take a siesta for a few hours.  La merienda is at 5 which consists of a small snack of bread or fruit.  At 5:30 we load back up in the car and head to a church in Alcoy to teach adult English classes.  Eric, my professor, usually has dinner ready by the time we get back from class around 8:30pm.  Dinner is over by 10:30 or 11 and the rest of the night is free.  When we eat out, we typically have to wait a little longer to have dinner because most restaurants don't start serving food until 9pm.  In fact, you hardly ever see a person on the street until 9 or later because the heat of the day is so intense.  The past few nights have been extremely comfortable and we have been able to open the windows to let the fresh air in.

Art class

This weekend will be pretty busy too.  The entire World Partners group is going to the beach right after camp on Friday (there are no adult classes on Fridays).  The church we are working with is having a big fiesta for us Friday night.  Saturday may be a day trip to the beach in Denia and I think Sundays consist of church basically all day with time for a siesta in the afternoon.

Instead of taking a siesta tomorrow, a few other students and I are going to walk around Cocentaina to see what other kinds of adventures we can find :)