The kid's day at the Embassy was on a Friday. Elena went to it, and Damon, Mom, and I helped with it. Mom and I were with the 3rd through 5th graders, and Damon had 6th through 8th. All the kids were really excited to see the night vision goggles, but it was later in the afternoon. Finally our group got to go into the room and there was a big, long table that the kids sat down at. The table had lots of stuff on it, like a few plastic guns, night vision goggles, and helmets and hats. A speaker talked, but someone translated because it was in Spanish. He talked about what the Gorillas did, and how they went into the jungle to find drug maker's buildings, and then they would blow them up. He explained that in the jungle you had to be careful, in case there were land mines around.
He showed us a mine detector that beeped when it got close to a mine (or batteries, as he showed us with); it looked pretty much like a metal detector. When he finished talking, they turned out the lights and we got to look through the night vision goggles. They did it a second time for everyone who didn't get a chance. You could see quite a bit through them, but it was all tinted slightly green. When you had a bit more light, you could see even better. Right at the end, kids lined up to get a picture with the mine detector, then we had to leave to switch with the other group.
By Maddie
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