LTI Brazil, Day 8 - Tina

Oi! It's Tina back again to fill you in on Day 8! It's hard to believe we are already 8 days in and thinking about leaving all our new friends in Belo Horizonte is quite sad. I have so much faith in these students and can't wait to see all they accomplish.
Today, we switched control over to our newly trained Brazilian mentors. I had a blast being a student as they led the way through the morning activities. I must say these guys are working at 110% and have impressed me beyone expectation. The three groups divided on Monday and Tuesday planned an engerizer and an activity for the morning period before snack.

We began the day with a quickly paced game of Electricty. Mariana led the group and set everyone up in a circle with their hands intertwined. Various forms of tapping signalled different ways to pass the tap around the group. If you didn't pay attention, your hand was quickly removed from the circle.

Students play an intense game of Electricity

Next, the remaining mentors taught us about four forms of leaders. Transactional, Service, Inspirational, and Transformation leaders are present in our communities. Groups then made short skits showcasing the various styles. Dave took on a Yoda persona as he Transformed his group of ordinary students stranded in the forest into superheros in order to survive!! Alice hunted animals to feed the group, Paulo creatively arranged a shelter, and Ricardo improvised a way to create fire! Ina my group, Carolina was an amazing service leader in our skit after she provided food for Michaela, taught me how to speak Português, and gave Amanda a job.

Back to Back

We all made it up!!

Back to Back proved to be especailly challenging for our group. We had a difficult time standing up with our backs touching but eventually all made it up as a group. The new LTI record is now 23 people!! Way to go LTI Brazil.
Our final two directors were elected today as well. Congratulations to Carolina, Director of Finance and Mariana, Director of Internal Relations. We split up into committees after elections and developed action plans and timelines for the develolpment of LTI Brazil.
Finally, we introduced Jigalo to the group and theywent crazy for it! The activity requires you to share a dance move with the group which the group then repeats all at once! I must say there are some pretty talented dancers in this LTI!! Homario even joined in the last game before the end of the day.
I moved hosts this weekend and am having an amazing time living with Deborah and her family. We just finished more pao de queijo and watched some American TV with Português subtitles. I heard that Cruziero (a famous Brazilian soccer team) is playing so I'm off to try to catch the end of the game.

Ps. There is a ton of lightening going on right now! Brazilian thunderstorms totally beat Bostonian lightening!
Boa noite!!