Hello everyone! We have now finished both our service projects in Marrakech! Yesterday we planted an herb or aromatic garden at a girl's boarding school in the Ourika Valley! We all had a great time getting to know the girls and planting a garden that they will use to become more self-sustainable! Not only are they getting the opportunity to go to school, these girls are also learning several languages and how to cook and care for a garden. After we got done there, most of us went on a very unexpected hike up a mountain! It was hot, but very cool to say that we just climbed a mountain! They wanted to show us the trees that have been donated by Americans and how they keep them watered. After that we went and saw an Aromatic Garden not far from where we did our little mountain climb. It had all sorts of herbs and a list of what they do! Today we woke up quite early, scarfed down some breakfast and started our walk to the junior high school where we would be planting trees. I'm not sure how many trees we planted, but it was very hard soil and we had to use pick-axes to get the soil loose first. A bunch of the students from the school were helping us, and it was again very nice to spend some time with the people of this region. It feels really good to give back! They gave us all some food and a spot of tea, and then came out with a rose for each one of us! It was very sweet! They appreciated it a lot! I think we might have to see if Entre Nous wants to get involved in possibly doing some fundraising for this great cause! Tomorrow we are going on a hike in the mountains to see some waterfalls! I think we are all very much looking forward to doing a bit of swimming since the weather has been so hot! There are not many of us who don't have sunburn from yesterday in the group!
I hope all is well back in the states! Crazy, we are coming home in 5 days!
Have a great Wednesday!
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