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Schoolhouses play a central role in the Honduran culture.

Today was our most tiring and most successful workday. We were charged with painting an entire school, about sixbuildings and inside a few of the classrooms. The school was in need of some TLC.

This is one of the buildings we painted inside and out. The school hadn’t been painted in a very long time and as the day went on and more and more of the school was finished, the transformation was incredible. We took a school that was looking rather beat up and made it look bright and happy.

The schools are such a central part of every community so to be able to give the students and the teachers a beautiful place to learn and teach is such a gift.

Playing the game called "Hi-YA!" with the schoolchildren.

The day ended with a very thrilling round of games. We taught the students how to play some of our favorite playground games and they taught us to play a few as well. The favorite game of the year is lovingly referred to as “Hi-YA!”

-YA consists of a group of people standing in a circle. One person is it and they raise their hands above their head and then make a pointing/chopping motion at someone across the circle while yelling “Hi-YA!” Then, the person who was pointed at, must raise her hands above her head and tell “Hi-YA!,” while the two people on either side must make chopping motions toward her while also yelling “Hi-YA!”