Last week the social work site from El Callejon, which also works with women, brought their teenage girls to Los Higos to have a cookout with the girls from my teenagers' Bible study. We hiked to the river, cooked locrio (chicken and rice), and swam. The top picture shows Daisy, the leader of the social work site in El Callejon starting the chicken.
The girls from El Callejon had prepared a short program where they gave each of my girls a friendship bracelet (one girl is shown giving a bracelet to Genesis, from Los Higos) and then sang a few songs they had learned. It seemed the girls had a good time, except for the fact that the rice turned out kind of hard.
One of our biggest frustrations, however, was that about 40 young men from Los Higos decided to go to the river right when we went. Dominicans often show up for events they weren't invited to, because the idea of an exclusive event doesn't fly here. We were disappointed, however, because we wanted to have an event just for our girls and we had a hard time convincing the girls to spend time with one another rather than going over to talk to the boys.
1 comment:
Yes, it is SO hard to get young people to focus on friendships and not the opposite sex when they are teenagers! But it sounds like a fun event all the same.
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