We spent the night in sleeping bags on the floor of a church in downtown Tecate. The next morning we drove to the orphanage. We were supposed to dig holes and plant trees. But, we were surprised (and glad) to find that the holes were already dug. This would have been the difficult part because the ground there is so hard. So, we just planted trees. The kids were not out of school yet so we played a juggling game called Muff.
We ate lunch with the kids, then played with these tops that they all had. You would wind it up with string and then throw it sideways. The top would unravel and land on the ground. The kids would pick them up and drop them on other tops as a game. I brought Chinese yo-yos for them to play with and also made balloon animals. They all wanted, “perro rojo, perro rojo!” We played soccer with them all evening. Some of the kids were athletic, all of them were energetic.
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