July 19, 2008
Today was kind of a blah day. We rode on a bus for about 16 to 18 hours from Tigulcigalpa, Honduras to San Jose Costa Rica! Buses are completely different in C.A. than in The States, the bus tickets were $45 and we got two meals! It was amazing! The seat reclined almost all the way back, it was awesome for sleep and I took Dramamean, which helped A LOT!
I slept a lot of the way and then once we got to the Honduras Nicaragua border we had to get off the bus and I didn’t know why we were getting off so I just left all my stuff on the bus and Scott said that was bad because someone could have stolen our stuff, so we had to watch the bus the whole time, making sure no one took anything. The bottom of the bus opened and we had to grab our bags and the people at the border rummaged through them, they just knocked on the drum that I got for my brother and then put everything back. Some of the girls had not packed discretely and we found that the phrase “air your dirty laundry” was more then appropriate for this situation. We were also mauled by at least a hundred boys, men and women once we got off the bus, to exchange currencies or take our food or just be in our faces.
We also to our surprise gave them our passports, that was scary! I didn’t think I was going to see it again, but once we cleared customs we were called back on the bus by our names on our passports and got them back then.
After that they served us lunch at about 2 pm which is pretty normal lunch time for them and it was kind of like KFC style.
Later in the afternoon we had to go through the same luggage thing at the Nicarugua Costa Rica border, but it was a little organized and Scott wasn’t sure if all the people that had packed t-shirts for him were going to be able to take them across without paying. Then we got back on the bus and finished up the trip to Costa Rica and we saw the most beautiful sunset in Costa Rica and watched some ridiculous movie about a chimanese being like James Bond…Julio actually saw it in theater with his neice!
We finally got in to Costa Rica late and got into the Seminary around 11. All the girls stayed in one room, with one bathroom, the boys were in the room behind us and Scott in a fellow missionary’s house. Once settle we all went to bed.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
July 18th
July 18, 2008
Today was a pretty fun day! We left for Valle de Angeles (Valley of Angels) around 830 a.m. which is a tourist shopping area and got there around 930 and we had about 3 hours to shop and we couldn’t barter there! After we all met for our last meal with the Chicago team at a very casual, but nice restaurant. The superintendent, his wife, Jugo, his son, Scott and the rest of us were all there and just had a great time of fellowship together! Scott gave us these crosses that have Jesus as the center, they are pretty awesome and a great representation of our summer. We gave testimonies and prayed together for the last time with the Chicago team, it was sad. When we got back to the seminary we said our goodbyes to the Debbie, Kurt and Beth and sang our famous song called “Sabias,” tears were shed, but we just have to think that we will see these people in Heaven someday –which is tough. Then most of us took naps and some of us worked on the things that Scott gave us for the day. We just hung out all night with each other, went to the store, made dinner, packed and remembered the good times this summer as we made lists for Scott of the top ten funniest moments of the summer and the top ten memorable moments of the summer.
Today was a pretty fun day! We left for Valle de Angeles (Valley of Angels) around 830 a.m. which is a tourist shopping area and got there around 930 and we had about 3 hours to shop and we couldn’t barter there! After we all met for our last meal with the Chicago team at a very casual, but nice restaurant. The superintendent, his wife, Jugo, his son, Scott and the rest of us were all there and just had a great time of fellowship together! Scott gave us these crosses that have Jesus as the center, they are pretty awesome and a great representation of our summer. We gave testimonies and prayed together for the last time with the Chicago team, it was sad. When we got back to the seminary we said our goodbyes to the Debbie, Kurt and Beth and sang our famous song called “Sabias,” tears were shed, but we just have to think that we will see these people in Heaven someday –which is tough. Then most of us took naps and some of us worked on the things that Scott gave us for the day. We just hung out all night with each other, went to the store, made dinner, packed and remembered the good times this summer as we made lists for Scott of the top ten funniest moments of the summer and the top ten memorable moments of the summer.
July 16th
July 16, 2008
This morning we got up around 7 or 730 a.m. and I ran to the bathroom and threw up while the rest of the team had breakfast and then they we headed out for a place called La Fraternidad. I stayed home at the seminary all day and Bob Shea’s wife Evelyn came up and checked up on me and the lady on the other team that lives up stairs too, they were really sweet. I was really sad that our last day in ministry I was sick and didn’t get participate, especially in a place where I feel called to ministry.
This morning we got up around 7 or 730 a.m. and I ran to the bathroom and threw up while the rest of the team had breakfast and then they we headed out for a place called La Fraternidad. I stayed home at the seminary all day and Bob Shea’s wife Evelyn came up and checked up on me and the lady on the other team that lives up stairs too, they were really sweet. I was really sad that our last day in ministry I was sick and didn’t get participate, especially in a place where I feel called to ministry.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
July 15th
July 15, 2008
We woke up early to get to Santa Ana for breakfast around 8 a.m. We had an awesome breakfast all together at the Church there which consisted of plantains, cream, beans, queso and of course no meal is complete without corn tortillas. Then we left for the forty-five minute ride to Cofra Dia, rocky ride might I add. The work-and-witness team got to work right away finishing up the painting of the school, organizing the classrooms back in order and some of the men went off and made a roof for the dining hall close to the school. The others (in the children’s ministry team)-Kendra, Juan, Mehir, Leslie, Beth and Debbie-set up crafts and began playing games with the 60 children that had come! Kendra was the presenter, I was so excited for her! And Leslie was Cometa! How wonderful!
I went evangelizing with Catherine and Mother Theresa and Franklin was off with his girlfriend and then we saw her later in the afternoon and she was like he is coming soon, we never saw him. It was really fun to hang out with them and in the early morning Claudia came with us too. We had this really powerful time of prayer with these people in a house where we bought these clay houses and they gave us these clay pots for free. Then we had a powerful time of prayer and there was lots of crying and healing, it was beautiful. After that we walked around a bit more and talked with and witnessed to a lot more people today than yesterday, which was good. I don’t feel like yesterday we wasted time, I think we did what God wanted and fellowshipped with His people, I’m realizing a lot lately how much fellowshipping really matters in the Kingdom of God.
Then we went to lunch up at the house. The lunch was hot right off the fire with café so it was so wonderful! After lunch we took more people to buy clay houses, they were only $1.50. After that my ankle was hurting so I stayed back which I was disappointed about but I needed to be there for the service at 3 p.m. and I helped out the children’s ministry. It was weird not being a clown.
At the church service there were 76 people in this small building that was actually Franklin’s office where he built his clay houses he sold. This building wasn’t actually the church building, they didn’t have a building, they just had a house, but this was bigger than the place they have for the house. This was a bit more intimate and comforting, I could feel the presence of God so much!
We had the order of service planned, but they went according to how they wanted which was ok with me, I knew that it was however they wanted it and I was completely happy about that, its like God has just changed my attitude about that. We did however have a special song prepared in Spanish and English and we were asked to sing. Then many people of the church gave their testimonies and it was great to see what God has been doing in the hearts and lives of the people of the little village of Cofra Dia. We also got to sing “Machcalo” in the service and dance! I love that all the kids sing so loud, it has to be my favorite, they are encourage to sing and scream the words, I love to head them worship the Lord. Then we prayed together and sang one last song and said our goodbyes. They were such hospitable people and so ready to serve; I know that I learned a lot from their attitudes and the children were so ready to learn and know more about Jesus. After we left and made our way back to the seminary we just fell asleep. We got back and once again, the ladies had dinner ready for us! Then we just took showers and got ready for the next busy day, our last for ministry that we have been used to all summer…
We woke up early to get to Santa Ana for breakfast around 8 a.m. We had an awesome breakfast all together at the Church there which consisted of plantains, cream, beans, queso and of course no meal is complete without corn tortillas. Then we left for the forty-five minute ride to Cofra Dia, rocky ride might I add. The work-and-witness team got to work right away finishing up the painting of the school, organizing the classrooms back in order and some of the men went off and made a roof for the dining hall close to the school. The others (in the children’s ministry team)-Kendra, Juan, Mehir, Leslie, Beth and Debbie-set up crafts and began playing games with the 60 children that had come! Kendra was the presenter, I was so excited for her! And Leslie was Cometa! How wonderful!
I went evangelizing with Catherine and Mother Theresa and Franklin was off with his girlfriend and then we saw her later in the afternoon and she was like he is coming soon, we never saw him. It was really fun to hang out with them and in the early morning Claudia came with us too. We had this really powerful time of prayer with these people in a house where we bought these clay houses and they gave us these clay pots for free. Then we had a powerful time of prayer and there was lots of crying and healing, it was beautiful. After that we walked around a bit more and talked with and witnessed to a lot more people today than yesterday, which was good. I don’t feel like yesterday we wasted time, I think we did what God wanted and fellowshipped with His people, I’m realizing a lot lately how much fellowshipping really matters in the Kingdom of God.
Then we went to lunch up at the house. The lunch was hot right off the fire with café so it was so wonderful! After lunch we took more people to buy clay houses, they were only $1.50. After that my ankle was hurting so I stayed back which I was disappointed about but I needed to be there for the service at 3 p.m. and I helped out the children’s ministry. It was weird not being a clown.
At the church service there were 76 people in this small building that was actually Franklin’s office where he built his clay houses he sold. This building wasn’t actually the church building, they didn’t have a building, they just had a house, but this was bigger than the place they have for the house. This was a bit more intimate and comforting, I could feel the presence of God so much!
We had the order of service planned, but they went according to how they wanted which was ok with me, I knew that it was however they wanted it and I was completely happy about that, its like God has just changed my attitude about that. We did however have a special song prepared in Spanish and English and we were asked to sing. Then many people of the church gave their testimonies and it was great to see what God has been doing in the hearts and lives of the people of the little village of Cofra Dia. We also got to sing “Machcalo” in the service and dance! I love that all the kids sing so loud, it has to be my favorite, they are encourage to sing and scream the words, I love to head them worship the Lord. Then we prayed together and sang one last song and said our goodbyes. They were such hospitable people and so ready to serve; I know that I learned a lot from their attitudes and the children were so ready to learn and know more about Jesus. After we left and made our way back to the seminary we just fell asleep. We got back and once again, the ladies had dinner ready for us! Then we just took showers and got ready for the next busy day, our last for ministry that we have been used to all summer…
July 14th
July 14, 2008
Yippee! Today was the first day back in Cofra Dia since the first time we actually went to Honduras in June. We woke up bright and early, had breakfast and got in the van for the forty-five minute drive out to the village. When we got there the work and witness team started right away, as did the Children’s ministry group. The work and witness team (equipo de trabajo y testimonio) got the tools out and we began prepping the walls to be painted inside the school. That team was Julio, Esther, Maddai and I. The children’s team went to the back and set up their stage and started playing games with the 30 kids that had already arrived.
The evangelism team that I was in didn’t start right away. We waited for all the church members to get there and then Claudia explained to them what we would be doing and then we split into teams and left. I really wanted to be in a group with Catherine, because I knew it would bring me up a lot, but Wes really wanted me to be in his group. Wes and I just have this special connection that I can’t explain, we can read one another so well and so I thought why not. Wes was pretty negative about being in the evangelism team, he felt that the evangecube wasn’t relational; when I finally started thinking it was. It was kind of hard to be in the same group as him because of that. We were also in the same group as a man that reminded me of Indiana Jones and a women that reminded me of Sacagawea, they were amazing.
Lunch was suppose to be at 12 but we didn’t get there until 1 because Indiana Jones pointed to a mountain and told us we were going to climb it and we laughed and thought they were kidding but they weren’t! So Wes, Indiana Jones, Sacagawea, and I climbed up this mountain and witness at a couple different houses, it was such a different experience, it was really neat. One house accepted Christ, but Wes thought that Indiana Jones kind of pressing them into making a decision to accept Christ. After that Sacagawea just pointed to a group of trees and was like this way, it was crazy! We made it though, and climbed out of the forest that was behind the house.
That was just the team I was with for the morning. In the afternoon, I went with Catherine and this guy named Franklin, he was pretty fun and it was a good group and then this other lady and reminded me of Mother Theresa joined our group as well. She was so sweet and reminded me of what faith actually meant, she was so full of life. I love her!
Catherine and I got to ride another horse, which was awesome and got little clay houses for free as gifts, and the most delicious bananas I’ve ever had in my life. We had a really random afternoon, but it was really relaxing and nice. We got to talk to a lot of different people and invited them to the Jesus Film and also had some delicious fruit called grandias.
Then we had dinner at the same house up the hill with a beautiful view of the mountains. Then we went down the hill past the school to set up for the Jesus Film, it was Mary Magdalene’s point of view of the Jesus story. It was really cold but it was a beautiful night and I loved the film, this one was completely different. We had 142 people there; a lot of them were from the Catholic Church and the Nazarene church. I found out during this trip to Honduras that the Catholic Church here however is not like ours back in the states. It is much like the churches back at the beginning of the 20th century. They still have to pay the church for things and the church is almost the political leader of the town; they control everything, yikes! After the video we got to talk and pray with people, I was in a group with Wes and Kendra, it was really good, especially after today with Wes. I talked to him and he was a lot better, we made up and I wasn’t mad at him.
After the video we cleaned up everything and drove back to the seminary for the night.
Yippee! Today was the first day back in Cofra Dia since the first time we actually went to Honduras in June. We woke up bright and early, had breakfast and got in the van for the forty-five minute drive out to the village. When we got there the work and witness team started right away, as did the Children’s ministry group. The work and witness team (equipo de trabajo y testimonio) got the tools out and we began prepping the walls to be painted inside the school. That team was Julio, Esther, Maddai and I. The children’s team went to the back and set up their stage and started playing games with the 30 kids that had already arrived.
The evangelism team that I was in didn’t start right away. We waited for all the church members to get there and then Claudia explained to them what we would be doing and then we split into teams and left. I really wanted to be in a group with Catherine, because I knew it would bring me up a lot, but Wes really wanted me to be in his group. Wes and I just have this special connection that I can’t explain, we can read one another so well and so I thought why not. Wes was pretty negative about being in the evangelism team, he felt that the evangecube wasn’t relational; when I finally started thinking it was. It was kind of hard to be in the same group as him because of that. We were also in the same group as a man that reminded me of Indiana Jones and a women that reminded me of Sacagawea, they were amazing.
Lunch was suppose to be at 12 but we didn’t get there until 1 because Indiana Jones pointed to a mountain and told us we were going to climb it and we laughed and thought they were kidding but they weren’t! So Wes, Indiana Jones, Sacagawea, and I climbed up this mountain and witness at a couple different houses, it was such a different experience, it was really neat. One house accepted Christ, but Wes thought that Indiana Jones kind of pressing them into making a decision to accept Christ. After that Sacagawea just pointed to a group of trees and was like this way, it was crazy! We made it though, and climbed out of the forest that was behind the house.
That was just the team I was with for the morning. In the afternoon, I went with Catherine and this guy named Franklin, he was pretty fun and it was a good group and then this other lady and reminded me of Mother Theresa joined our group as well. She was so sweet and reminded me of what faith actually meant, she was so full of life. I love her!
Catherine and I got to ride another horse, which was awesome and got little clay houses for free as gifts, and the most delicious bananas I’ve ever had in my life. We had a really random afternoon, but it was really relaxing and nice. We got to talk to a lot of different people and invited them to the Jesus Film and also had some delicious fruit called grandias.
Then we had dinner at the same house up the hill with a beautiful view of the mountains. Then we went down the hill past the school to set up for the Jesus Film, it was Mary Magdalene’s point of view of the Jesus story. It was really cold but it was a beautiful night and I loved the film, this one was completely different. We had 142 people there; a lot of them were from the Catholic Church and the Nazarene church. I found out during this trip to Honduras that the Catholic Church here however is not like ours back in the states. It is much like the churches back at the beginning of the 20th century. They still have to pay the church for things and the church is almost the political leader of the town; they control everything, yikes! After the video we got to talk and pray with people, I was in a group with Wes and Kendra, it was really good, especially after today with Wes. I talked to him and he was a lot better, we made up and I wasn’t mad at him.
After the video we cleaned up everything and drove back to the seminary for the night.
July 13th
July 13, 2008
This was the last day for us in Villa de San Fran and it was sad because we had really gotten attached. We all just wished we could have stayed in one place for longer next time. It took a very long time and we didn’t have a moment to waste, but we finished up in the kindergarten with the bookcases and reorganizing by the time of the service, which was a blessing in and of itself because we didn’t think we were going to be able to help with the service or attend it because of all the work we were going to have to finish. However, I was in charge of the service, so I left the work and witness and did my favorite thing –the service stuff! Oh man, I wish in The States I could have a role like I do now, it is my favorite!
We got ready for the service and had a wonderful last service together. There were two teenage boys that accepted Christ into their lives, we all prayed for their journey’s in Christ and it was so powerful. We said our goodbyes, which was hard, some ladies shed some tears, we sang our song and were off.
P.S. I think today was the day that Leslie’s grandfather passed away, so I would like to let her know that I am praying for you and your family. I know what it is like to lose someone that close and I know that God definitely understands. I pray for His peace and His comfort in these days…
This was the last day for us in Villa de San Fran and it was sad because we had really gotten attached. We all just wished we could have stayed in one place for longer next time. It took a very long time and we didn’t have a moment to waste, but we finished up in the kindergarten with the bookcases and reorganizing by the time of the service, which was a blessing in and of itself because we didn’t think we were going to be able to help with the service or attend it because of all the work we were going to have to finish. However, I was in charge of the service, so I left the work and witness and did my favorite thing –the service stuff! Oh man, I wish in The States I could have a role like I do now, it is my favorite!
We got ready for the service and had a wonderful last service together. There were two teenage boys that accepted Christ into their lives, we all prayed for their journey’s in Christ and it was so powerful. We said our goodbyes, which was hard, some ladies shed some tears, we sang our song and were off.
P.S. I think today was the day that Leslie’s grandfather passed away, so I would like to let her know that I am praying for you and your family. I know what it is like to lose someone that close and I know that God definitely understands. I pray for His peace and His comfort in these days…
July 12th
July 12, 2008
Okay so today was a crazy day!
It was raining so hard during the VBS that they did it under a tarp and when I went over to deliver the parasite medicine for the kids that we give out, I ended up holding the tarp and letting all the water that was collecting and making the tarp fall, fall on me, needless to say the whole morning I was soaked from head to toe. No big deal though.
We were walking to lunch and happened to see a bunch of white people in the middle of the road and we knew they were Americans immediately because they were speaking my native tongue, English. We started talking to them and guess where they were from? Yep, North and South Carolina! Which is where Lindsey is from, we have actually met another group from there since we have been in Honduras, which is crazy to me. They were on a weeklong mission trip and the organization was called Love With-out Words. We got to talk a bit his team has been coming to Honduras for years and San Fran happened to be the town they ministering to this summer, how cool are God’s plans!? Scott said that this kind of thing has never happened to him before. They were doing work and witness as well as working with some med majors and doctors from Honduras to put together a clinic in town for the people.
I finally got what Hailey had said at training camp, about how running into other Americans and how they act like Americans and you act like not Americans and how you’re just so different than them. I could sort of see how I had changed during the summer, it was neat and at the same time I was like we don’t want you here! You are giving Americans a bad name - but they don’t any better.
Today when we had a little bit of a break, Kurt taught Catherine, Juan, and I how to make balloon animals, it was really neat. Then we went out into the park and made balloon animals for the children and oh boy, was it a challenge! All the kids in that moment reminded me of American children, they were so greedy, I didn’t think that to be possible in Honduras. I had a kid say to me, “Perrito, VAMOS!” which meant that he wanted me to make him a dog and right away. I was so surprised at the crazy of all it. I couldn’t discipline and for the first time ever, I felt like someone’s puppet. The children’s team had told me that the kids weren’t that well behaved here but I had no idea this is what they meant. It was so sad to me and another eye opening thing.
That night, we showed the Jesus film and I was sitting next to Debbie and Catherine and then got up to count and then it was time to pray with people so I prayed for the peoples hearts and that they would be open to His word and His way and then joined a group and prayed with individuals excepting Christ. I also got to talk with a guy who had excepted Christ a year ago and he was so excited about what we were doing and he was telling us about how he is involved and I could see Christ in Him, it was so amazing.
At that point I had just fallen in love with the city and could feel that presence of God working in that place in such a strong way. And Lindsey that night led another little girl to Christ! I am just so proud of her! The people that I had seen, which was quite a big number due to being on the evangelizing team, many of them didn’t know the Lord or just hadn’t made the decision yet so I know that God has big plans for San Fran and I am glad that we got to be there. But after that we took down the movie and went back to the hotel for the night.
Okay so today was a crazy day!
It was raining so hard during the VBS that they did it under a tarp and when I went over to deliver the parasite medicine for the kids that we give out, I ended up holding the tarp and letting all the water that was collecting and making the tarp fall, fall on me, needless to say the whole morning I was soaked from head to toe. No big deal though.
We were walking to lunch and happened to see a bunch of white people in the middle of the road and we knew they were Americans immediately because they were speaking my native tongue, English. We started talking to them and guess where they were from? Yep, North and South Carolina! Which is where Lindsey is from, we have actually met another group from there since we have been in Honduras, which is crazy to me. They were on a weeklong mission trip and the organization was called Love With-out Words. We got to talk a bit his team has been coming to Honduras for years and San Fran happened to be the town they ministering to this summer, how cool are God’s plans!? Scott said that this kind of thing has never happened to him before. They were doing work and witness as well as working with some med majors and doctors from Honduras to put together a clinic in town for the people.
I finally got what Hailey had said at training camp, about how running into other Americans and how they act like Americans and you act like not Americans and how you’re just so different than them. I could sort of see how I had changed during the summer, it was neat and at the same time I was like we don’t want you here! You are giving Americans a bad name - but they don’t any better.
Today when we had a little bit of a break, Kurt taught Catherine, Juan, and I how to make balloon animals, it was really neat. Then we went out into the park and made balloon animals for the children and oh boy, was it a challenge! All the kids in that moment reminded me of American children, they were so greedy, I didn’t think that to be possible in Honduras. I had a kid say to me, “Perrito, VAMOS!” which meant that he wanted me to make him a dog and right away. I was so surprised at the crazy of all it. I couldn’t discipline and for the first time ever, I felt like someone’s puppet. The children’s team had told me that the kids weren’t that well behaved here but I had no idea this is what they meant. It was so sad to me and another eye opening thing.
That night, we showed the Jesus film and I was sitting next to Debbie and Catherine and then got up to count and then it was time to pray with people so I prayed for the peoples hearts and that they would be open to His word and His way and then joined a group and prayed with individuals excepting Christ. I also got to talk with a guy who had excepted Christ a year ago and he was so excited about what we were doing and he was telling us about how he is involved and I could see Christ in Him, it was so amazing.
At that point I had just fallen in love with the city and could feel that presence of God working in that place in such a strong way. And Lindsey that night led another little girl to Christ! I am just so proud of her! The people that I had seen, which was quite a big number due to being on the evangelizing team, many of them didn’t know the Lord or just hadn’t made the decision yet so I know that God has big plans for San Fran and I am glad that we got to be there. But after that we took down the movie and went back to the hotel for the night.
July 11th
July 11, 2008
This was the first official day in San Fran with the Chicago team and it was a busy one! We had Children’s ministries going, work and witness and evangelism. Being on the work and witness team, I continued to paint and when I had a free couple minutes, I walked over to the park and played some games with the kids.
Kurt (from the Chicago team) decided he wanted to be on work and witness and Debbie was on the children’s team and Beth on the evangelism team. It was definitely something I’d never experienced before, because Kurt didn’t speak a lick of Spanish. I was at loss. I realized I had to translate for him and man I think for most of trip I lead onto not knowing as much Spanish I as spoke today. Oh my goodness! All of the work and witness team are Spanish speakers, except for Kurt and I…but it was so amazing and so different to not be the one who knew the least amount of Spanish and be able to teach someone some Spanish. It was such an awesome experience, I’m glad I’m on this team and to think that I wanted to get a break from it (the Spanish speaking – by being on work and witness), I love this!
We ate lunch at a lady from the church’s house and it was so good! After that we went back to working, while others went to evangelize. Lindsey told me that she did the cube for a little girl and she excepted Christ! I’m so excited for her! She is doing so many wonderful things in God’s plan and I’m so thankful for her, I can’t believe she thinks she isn’t good with kids. Then after dinner that night we set up for the Jesus Film and started it around 630 p.m. There were quite a few people and I got to talk to a few children and some adults. It was a good day overall and we were all ready for bed. We walked up to the hotel which was about 5 blocks from the park and all got our room assignments and keys. Maddai and I roomed together and I was like what are you thinking Kendra (who did the room assignments); I told her I wouldn’t wake up because I would think I was dreaming in Spanish! We got to talking a lot more though, I talk to her in Spanish and she talks to me in English, it’s working pretty well. Our showers are interesting, but Maddai said that she has showered in a lot worse; its kind of like a spiket, its different, but its ok.
It was fun to have something different, and oh boy we were so tired it didn’t matter where we slept. I’m glad I had a place to lay my head for the night.
This was the first official day in San Fran with the Chicago team and it was a busy one! We had Children’s ministries going, work and witness and evangelism. Being on the work and witness team, I continued to paint and when I had a free couple minutes, I walked over to the park and played some games with the kids.
Kurt (from the Chicago team) decided he wanted to be on work and witness and Debbie was on the children’s team and Beth on the evangelism team. It was definitely something I’d never experienced before, because Kurt didn’t speak a lick of Spanish. I was at loss. I realized I had to translate for him and man I think for most of trip I lead onto not knowing as much Spanish I as spoke today. Oh my goodness! All of the work and witness team are Spanish speakers, except for Kurt and I…but it was so amazing and so different to not be the one who knew the least amount of Spanish and be able to teach someone some Spanish. It was such an awesome experience, I’m glad I’m on this team and to think that I wanted to get a break from it (the Spanish speaking – by being on work and witness), I love this!
We ate lunch at a lady from the church’s house and it was so good! After that we went back to working, while others went to evangelize. Lindsey told me that she did the cube for a little girl and she excepted Christ! I’m so excited for her! She is doing so many wonderful things in God’s plan and I’m so thankful for her, I can’t believe she thinks she isn’t good with kids. Then after dinner that night we set up for the Jesus Film and started it around 630 p.m. There were quite a few people and I got to talk to a few children and some adults. It was a good day overall and we were all ready for bed. We walked up to the hotel which was about 5 blocks from the park and all got our room assignments and keys. Maddai and I roomed together and I was like what are you thinking Kendra (who did the room assignments); I told her I wouldn’t wake up because I would think I was dreaming in Spanish! We got to talking a lot more though, I talk to her in Spanish and she talks to me in English, it’s working pretty well. Our showers are interesting, but Maddai said that she has showered in a lot worse; its kind of like a spiket, its different, but its ok.
It was fun to have something different, and oh boy we were so tired it didn’t matter where we slept. I’m glad I had a place to lay my head for the night.
July 10th
July 10, 2008
Today I want to give a shout-out to Esther because today is HER BIRTHDAY! Feliz cumpleanos mi amiga! We went again to San Fran to finish getting it ready for the next three days we would be there constantly. We finished scraping and prepping the walls and actually started painting. I am on the Work and witness team, so today we really worked and I got to talk to Claudia a lot more than I ever had! I guess Scott and Emily’s challenge is happening We played more with children as well. It was a good day! That night the food committee, which is Maddai, Claudia, Mehir and I went shopping with Scott to get food for dinner at the mall nearby and it fun. The malls are kind of like in the U.S. but kind of different too. We ended getting stuff to make Baleadas in the kitchen and when we got back we got right to work on making them. The Chicago team got in right around when dinner was ready and we were so excited to meet them! Their names are Debbie, Kurt and Beth. We all ate together, then Lindsey and the rest of the food committee came out with a big chocolate cake with exactly 25 candles on it for Esther! It was so fun! We got to talk to Beth and Debbie a little bit that night, but we were all so tired and needed our rest for the next week to come, so we went to bed shortly after that. Not before playing cards of course! And Kendra helped me translate a letter to Maddai into Spanish. Kendra said it was a good letter and was really touched by it. I’m glad I wrote it.
It was a good day!
Today I want to give a shout-out to Esther because today is HER BIRTHDAY! Feliz cumpleanos mi amiga! We went again to San Fran to finish getting it ready for the next three days we would be there constantly. We finished scraping and prepping the walls and actually started painting. I am on the Work and witness team, so today we really worked and I got to talk to Claudia a lot more than I ever had! I guess Scott and Emily’s challenge is happening We played more with children as well. It was a good day! That night the food committee, which is Maddai, Claudia, Mehir and I went shopping with Scott to get food for dinner at the mall nearby and it fun. The malls are kind of like in the U.S. but kind of different too. We ended getting stuff to make Baleadas in the kitchen and when we got back we got right to work on making them. The Chicago team got in right around when dinner was ready and we were so excited to meet them! Their names are Debbie, Kurt and Beth. We all ate together, then Lindsey and the rest of the food committee came out with a big chocolate cake with exactly 25 candles on it for Esther! It was so fun! We got to talk to Beth and Debbie a little bit that night, but we were all so tired and needed our rest for the next week to come, so we went to bed shortly after that. Not before playing cards of course! And Kendra helped me translate a letter to Maddai into Spanish. Kendra said it was a good letter and was really touched by it. I’m glad I wrote it.
It was a good day!
July 9th
July 9, 2008
This was our first day of prep work in Villa de San Fran scraping walls of the school for painting – they glued everything on the walls!; touring the city for evangelism and playing with children. Esther and I prepared a power point for Scott, and that was fun connecting with her more. It was an early morning and we had a surprise service around 3 at the local place where they hold church here. It was a surprise service because we were the service and didn’t know it until we got to the place. It was really funny for us, specially thinking back to the beginning of the summer where we would have no idea what to do and who to sing and what to sing and PREACH! We all started laughing and then pulled everything together really quickly. Luckily in my Bible I kept songs in Spanish written down from other services we had done in the past, so that helped A LOT! Maddai said she would preach, a few lead worship (Mehir, Catherine, Wes and I) and one person gave a testimony. After that Scott came to pick us up and we left for the seminary to eat. That night the ladies at the seminary actually made us food. It was so good! We hung out together and made lunches for the next day.
This was our first day of prep work in Villa de San Fran scraping walls of the school for painting – they glued everything on the walls!; touring the city for evangelism and playing with children. Esther and I prepared a power point for Scott, and that was fun connecting with her more. It was an early morning and we had a surprise service around 3 at the local place where they hold church here. It was a surprise service because we were the service and didn’t know it until we got to the place. It was really funny for us, specially thinking back to the beginning of the summer where we would have no idea what to do and who to sing and what to sing and PREACH! We all started laughing and then pulled everything together really quickly. Luckily in my Bible I kept songs in Spanish written down from other services we had done in the past, so that helped A LOT! Maddai said she would preach, a few lead worship (Mehir, Catherine, Wes and I) and one person gave a testimony. After that Scott came to pick us up and we left for the seminary to eat. That night the ladies at the seminary actually made us food. It was so good! We hung out together and made lunches for the next day.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
July 4th
July 4th
We came back home today to have a BBQ at Scott and Emily’s. Julio, Alicia, Ronnie joined us as well and we asked Scott if we were getting fireworks but he said he hadn’t gotten any. It was neat cook the meal with Emily and celebrate my country’s birthday in another country. Kendra was talking about how she hadn’t celebrated the 4th of July in America in years; I decided I would be ok with that if that was my future. I haven’t missed much of the U.S. since I’ve been gone, I think God has created me to be the kind of person that is ok with being away for a long time without missing, especially if it’s doing His work. After dinner we were surprised when Julio brought out a bag of fireworks and we all got an opportunity to go a little crazy. It was fun and would have been very illegal in the U.S. (as far as the kind of fireworks that we had). We sang our national anthem and the Mexicans even got festive for us. Ronnie and Alicia said it was fun for them to be able to celebrate this fun holiday with their brothers and sisters in Christ. I agree, it was.
We came back home today to have a BBQ at Scott and Emily’s. Julio, Alicia, Ronnie joined us as well and we asked Scott if we were getting fireworks but he said he hadn’t gotten any. It was neat cook the meal with Emily and celebrate my country’s birthday in another country. Kendra was talking about how she hadn’t celebrated the 4th of July in America in years; I decided I would be ok with that if that was my future. I haven’t missed much of the U.S. since I’ve been gone, I think God has created me to be the kind of person that is ok with being away for a long time without missing, especially if it’s doing His work. After dinner we were surprised when Julio brought out a bag of fireworks and we all got an opportunity to go a little crazy. It was fun and would have been very illegal in the U.S. (as far as the kind of fireworks that we had). We sang our national anthem and the Mexicans even got festive for us. Ronnie and Alicia said it was fun for them to be able to celebrate this fun holiday with their brothers and sisters in Christ. I agree, it was.
July 2nd
July 2nd
Scott and Emily has meeting with us before we left for Lake Atilan. They were meeting with us to discuss and general review of how we thought the trip and everything was going. We talked about just where I’m at and they gave me compliments life: that I reminded them of the post-modern church, that I had this way of being able to give an insight into what each situation means as far as God and how He is working with it. That I did a really good job of including people and that I was good at bringing people up and being positive about the situation. But the thing they said was really unique and not to loose was the insight because not everyone has that. Everyone in the group had these meetings with them. My challenge was Claudia, because of how I’d said I’d had the biggest difficulity with really feeling like I wanted to include her and everyone but it was really difficult because I have a hard time understanding what she is saying and communicating altogether with her and also feeling connected with her. Scott and Emily told me that I’d be surprised how alike we actually are; so they told me to challenge myself and find alternative ways of talking with her. I didn’t tell them about my frustration with Maddai and how I felt like she is this person that I’m so jealous of because I feel like she is leading this life I wish I were leading. Instead I decided to write them letters.
Then we went to Lake Atilan and it was so wonderful and amazing and I conquered another fear and went kayaking. Lindsey and I shared a room together for 3 days, we were perfect roommates. We went kayaking or boating in the mornings and shopping in the afternoons. We had live entertainment our first night in Atilan and went to this really nice, open restaurant and there was a woman performing on the street, spinning a who-la-hoop around her neck and there were other people playing drums for her act and then inside the restaurant later people played the guitar and sang. And they were cute! It was a fun trip. When we went shopping it poured, so we were pretty limited to a market that was under cover, though it was still fun, I bought a skirt and some things for my family.
Scott and Emily has meeting with us before we left for Lake Atilan. They were meeting with us to discuss and general review of how we thought the trip and everything was going. We talked about just where I’m at and they gave me compliments life: that I reminded them of the post-modern church, that I had this way of being able to give an insight into what each situation means as far as God and how He is working with it. That I did a really good job of including people and that I was good at bringing people up and being positive about the situation. But the thing they said was really unique and not to loose was the insight because not everyone has that. Everyone in the group had these meetings with them. My challenge was Claudia, because of how I’d said I’d had the biggest difficulity with really feeling like I wanted to include her and everyone but it was really difficult because I have a hard time understanding what she is saying and communicating altogether with her and also feeling connected with her. Scott and Emily told me that I’d be surprised how alike we actually are; so they told me to challenge myself and find alternative ways of talking with her. I didn’t tell them about my frustration with Maddai and how I felt like she is this person that I’m so jealous of because I feel like she is leading this life I wish I were leading. Instead I decided to write them letters.
Then we went to Lake Atilan and it was so wonderful and amazing and I conquered another fear and went kayaking. Lindsey and I shared a room together for 3 days, we were perfect roommates. We went kayaking or boating in the mornings and shopping in the afternoons. We had live entertainment our first night in Atilan and went to this really nice, open restaurant and there was a woman performing on the street, spinning a who-la-hoop around her neck and there were other people playing drums for her act and then inside the restaurant later people played the guitar and sang. And they were cute! It was a fun trip. When we went shopping it poured, so we were pretty limited to a market that was under cover, though it was still fun, I bought a skirt and some things for my family.
July 1st
July 1
Sunday – Rios de Agua Vida
Gotitas de Amor
Monday- Talk with Scott
Lunch at Jerson’s
Nap
De-briefing at Armstrong’s
Tuesday- Gotitas de Amor
Movie night
July 1
Today we woke up at around 7 for devo’s @ 7:30. Catherine did the devotion and it was found in Malachai 1:6-8. Then we all hung out until Carlos came to get us. Kendra stayed behind to work on something that Scott and Emily had for her in the office and the rest of us were off to Gotitas de Amor. We got there and no kids has shown up yet so some of us girls started playing girlie games we all used to play in middle school like MASH. It was hilarious and we taught the Mexicans and they loved it! Then kids began showing up- the younger kids first- for help with their homework.
Around 10:30 a.m. Carlos and Lily (his wife), Catherine and Maddai left for the market while we “held down the fort.” When they got back most of the kids were leaving for lunch and some stayed to help with preparations. As we sat down for lunch Juan, Lindsey, Wes and I started playing spades, it was really fun. While we were playing spades, Carlos came up and told us that we were playing something of the Devil and kind of chuckled. Us, North Americans, all looked at one another with udder confusion. Juan then began to tell us that playing with regular playing cards is still something controversial in Central America – then it actually made sense that Juan wanted all these pictures of all of us playing cards for his Dad to see. A little bit later I had a conversation with Scott about it and he said that people still believed that about cards because some missionary a long time ago came in and told them that and their still getting used to the idea that the cards themselves and the games to be played are not of the Devil but if you have a sour intent while playing the games. It was definitely something for me to get used to. I know Carlos was only joking (in a sense) but I think he then allowed us to be a little more mindful of who we played cards in front of, i.e. not during church, while the Pastor was preaching.
We were a bit antsy today to start our 3-day vacation. We haven’t had a full day off all summer, so our whole group was completely ready for a little bit of rest and relaxation – even Scott and Emily. I think we were being a little bit lazy at Gotitas today because we knew we were going to leave soon.
We got home tonight (home to the School of the Missions)
Sunday – Rios de Agua Vida
Gotitas de Amor
Monday- Talk with Scott
Lunch at Jerson’s
Nap
De-briefing at Armstrong’s
Tuesday- Gotitas de Amor
Movie night
July 1
Today we woke up at around 7 for devo’s @ 7:30. Catherine did the devotion and it was found in Malachai 1:6-8. Then we all hung out until Carlos came to get us. Kendra stayed behind to work on something that Scott and Emily had for her in the office and the rest of us were off to Gotitas de Amor. We got there and no kids has shown up yet so some of us girls started playing girlie games we all used to play in middle school like MASH. It was hilarious and we taught the Mexicans and they loved it! Then kids began showing up- the younger kids first- for help with their homework.
Around 10:30 a.m. Carlos and Lily (his wife), Catherine and Maddai left for the market while we “held down the fort.” When they got back most of the kids were leaving for lunch and some stayed to help with preparations. As we sat down for lunch Juan, Lindsey, Wes and I started playing spades, it was really fun. While we were playing spades, Carlos came up and told us that we were playing something of the Devil and kind of chuckled. Us, North Americans, all looked at one another with udder confusion. Juan then began to tell us that playing with regular playing cards is still something controversial in Central America – then it actually made sense that Juan wanted all these pictures of all of us playing cards for his Dad to see. A little bit later I had a conversation with Scott about it and he said that people still believed that about cards because some missionary a long time ago came in and told them that and their still getting used to the idea that the cards themselves and the games to be played are not of the Devil but if you have a sour intent while playing the games. It was definitely something for me to get used to. I know Carlos was only joking (in a sense) but I think he then allowed us to be a little more mindful of who we played cards in front of, i.e. not during church, while the Pastor was preaching.
We were a bit antsy today to start our 3-day vacation. We haven’t had a full day off all summer, so our whole group was completely ready for a little bit of rest and relaxation – even Scott and Emily. I think we were being a little bit lazy at Gotitas today because we knew we were going to leave soon.
We got home tonight (home to the School of the Missions)
June 27th
June 27th
We decided to have the VBS@ 2:30 PM. We had kids come up to the school in the morning to play games. Some of them actually remembered us from the first time we came. For me, especially this little girl named Lillian – she has something special about her – I just know it. We had lunch at the layman’s hut, made by his wife and other family, that was kind of the overseer of the village church there. All of our meals came from there; they were all so gracious.
After lunch we went back to the school to set up and get dressed. Then some of the us went out into the community to invite kids. It was a blast, Leslie, Lindsey, and I were chased (literally chased) by geese and we almost touched the border of Belize - all in one day, what an adventure! It was an interesting afternoon…
Leslie became Cometa for the week, along with Wes and I as clowns, Catherine and Lindsey were puppeteers, Esther as the announcer and Mehir with Josue for sound. The first day- the only afternoon without rain – we had 105 kids come! We played games after and got to converse with many before dinner at 5:30. Then at 6:30 we showed the Jesus film. It was the first time for anything like that (not only in our trip, but in my life!) and it was powerful. We had over 400 people! Afterward I sat with Lillian and prayed and prayed for all the people there and that God would be working in their hearts. It was hard to communicate with people because of my lack of Spanish so I just prayed that the hearts of the people would be softened and that God would be alive in the place. It was hard that night that all the little kids that I was sitting next to were laughing when Jesus was being crucified, that was hard for me to sit there and endure that. I was so moved by the film, even though it was in Spanish, every time I was impacted.
We were all pretty exhausted after that and went to bed. Our beds consisted of concrete floors in the school. It was interesting having no running water, but I think it brought us closer as a group.
We had a night in Jovente where we were worshipping in the rain and singing songs to the Lord and the power went out and it was still raining and we were singing underneath a little lean-to at the school in the dark. It was so amazing to see God alive in the lightening and thunder and everywhere around us. It was beautiful. We were singing past everything else that existed, past worldly things, past the Devil and just to our God, it was wonderful.
One day while in Jovente the kids group didn’t have anything to do for the afternoon so Lindsey went with Claudia to, Wes with Juan, Mehir and Josue with church folk, and Catherine and Esther with Kendra all joined evangelism teams. Maddai organized and put everyone in groups, except for me, which was intentional because Scott said we would do something else – which was fine with me because I wasn’t ready in my amount of Spanish I knew for evangelism, or so I thought.
That afternoon Scott and I got the opportunity to do something different. Though before we started our afternoon task we got a wonderful opportunity to talk with man used to be really involved in the church in Jovente but then moved to another town and he fell away from Christ because of a lack of involvement in a church. So Scott, Wes, Juan, the DS, Augusto (the pastor), and myself got the chance to pray for this man who was recommitting to Christ in his life and was willing to go to extreme lengths for Christ. It was such an wonderful experience being able to pray for this man as he accepted Christ back into his life.
After that, Scott and I picked up trash in the area where we were going to show the Jesus film and the surrounding areas. It was nice to do something different and Scott and I got a good opportunity to talk. I think that Scott and I are getting to be better friends, which is really nice – specially to have an American perspective on the culture that he is now fully emersed in his daily life. I didn’t think I would get that opportunity. Scott and I picked up everything from empty chip bags to old diapers, it was a really funny afternoon. We also unintentionally got some of the community involved. Some of the ladies and children from the family that helped cook our meals first started laughing at us picking up their trash and then started volunteerily helping. I hope they can keep their streets clean – though that might just be wishful thinking. After a bit we started talking to one of the ladies that was helping and she started teaching us Catchee, which is one of the 32 indigenous Mayan languages in Guatemala. We learned the song, If You’re Happy and You Know it, it was a really fun and funny afternoon. It rained a lot and I saw Scott and Jerson both slip down the same hill and fall on their butts and then Catherine fall up a different hill, it was so funny.
We decided to have the VBS@ 2:30 PM. We had kids come up to the school in the morning to play games. Some of them actually remembered us from the first time we came. For me, especially this little girl named Lillian – she has something special about her – I just know it. We had lunch at the layman’s hut, made by his wife and other family, that was kind of the overseer of the village church there. All of our meals came from there; they were all so gracious.
After lunch we went back to the school to set up and get dressed. Then some of the us went out into the community to invite kids. It was a blast, Leslie, Lindsey, and I were chased (literally chased) by geese and we almost touched the border of Belize - all in one day, what an adventure! It was an interesting afternoon…
Leslie became Cometa for the week, along with Wes and I as clowns, Catherine and Lindsey were puppeteers, Esther as the announcer and Mehir with Josue for sound. The first day- the only afternoon without rain – we had 105 kids come! We played games after and got to converse with many before dinner at 5:30. Then at 6:30 we showed the Jesus film. It was the first time for anything like that (not only in our trip, but in my life!) and it was powerful. We had over 400 people! Afterward I sat with Lillian and prayed and prayed for all the people there and that God would be working in their hearts. It was hard to communicate with people because of my lack of Spanish so I just prayed that the hearts of the people would be softened and that God would be alive in the place. It was hard that night that all the little kids that I was sitting next to were laughing when Jesus was being crucified, that was hard for me to sit there and endure that. I was so moved by the film, even though it was in Spanish, every time I was impacted.
We were all pretty exhausted after that and went to bed. Our beds consisted of concrete floors in the school. It was interesting having no running water, but I think it brought us closer as a group.
We had a night in Jovente where we were worshipping in the rain and singing songs to the Lord and the power went out and it was still raining and we were singing underneath a little lean-to at the school in the dark. It was so amazing to see God alive in the lightening and thunder and everywhere around us. It was beautiful. We were singing past everything else that existed, past worldly things, past the Devil and just to our God, it was wonderful.
One day while in Jovente the kids group didn’t have anything to do for the afternoon so Lindsey went with Claudia to, Wes with Juan, Mehir and Josue with church folk, and Catherine and Esther with Kendra all joined evangelism teams. Maddai organized and put everyone in groups, except for me, which was intentional because Scott said we would do something else – which was fine with me because I wasn’t ready in my amount of Spanish I knew for evangelism, or so I thought.
That afternoon Scott and I got the opportunity to do something different. Though before we started our afternoon task we got a wonderful opportunity to talk with man used to be really involved in the church in Jovente but then moved to another town and he fell away from Christ because of a lack of involvement in a church. So Scott, Wes, Juan, the DS, Augusto (the pastor), and myself got the chance to pray for this man who was recommitting to Christ in his life and was willing to go to extreme lengths for Christ. It was such an wonderful experience being able to pray for this man as he accepted Christ back into his life.
After that, Scott and I picked up trash in the area where we were going to show the Jesus film and the surrounding areas. It was nice to do something different and Scott and I got a good opportunity to talk. I think that Scott and I are getting to be better friends, which is really nice – specially to have an American perspective on the culture that he is now fully emersed in his daily life. I didn’t think I would get that opportunity. Scott and I picked up everything from empty chip bags to old diapers, it was a really funny afternoon. We also unintentionally got some of the community involved. Some of the ladies and children from the family that helped cook our meals first started laughing at us picking up their trash and then started volunteerily helping. I hope they can keep their streets clean – though that might just be wishful thinking. After a bit we started talking to one of the ladies that was helping and she started teaching us Catchee, which is one of the 32 indigenous Mayan languages in Guatemala. We learned the song, If You’re Happy and You Know it, it was a really fun and funny afternoon. It rained a lot and I saw Scott and Jerson both slip down the same hill and fall on their butts and then Catherine fall up a different hill, it was so funny.
June 26th
June 26th
Wow! These past few days have been some of my favorite times. We got to Jovente finally around 9 or 9:30 AM on Tuesday. We were served breakfast in Chakte at the Pastor’s house before we actually arrived.
Once we got to Jovente we all met together, had prayer and got started. A blessing was that as we were pulling into Jovente we saw that our work and witness project was already done. Some of our group along with people (men) from the village were going to build a fence around the clinic, but the people took the initiative and built it by themselves! It was kind of disappointing not to be part of building the fence, since I was on the work and witness team. I was hoping I could be a part of something without having to constantly speak Spanish. I knew work and witness would be something that I didn’t need to communicate all the time but I didn’t get my chance on this trip. Though I am glad that the people in the community were able to take the iniative and do it themselves, it must have been a good way for the community to bond.
Since the work-and-witness team was no more Mehir and I took part in the group for the kids; Jerson went with the evangelism group; and Scott who was a quasi member of the Work-and-Witness team, went where he was needed. So my new group-for the kids-got started right away.
We didn’t have Remi right away but instead played futbol in this giant field that some kids showed us, and it was muddy and so fun. There was one point that there were 59 kids playing futbol with us and the numbers just continued to grow. I wasn’t feeling very well so I decided to sit down and catch up in my journal and a bunch of little girls that noticed that I was sitting down swarmed me and started asking me all kinds of questions; Juan said it looked they were going to eat me. After several minutes, Catherine who said she was going to the bathroom came around the corner riding a horse. Needless to say this afternoon I conquered my fears and rode a horse. It was a pretty hilarious and random afternoon.
Wow! These past few days have been some of my favorite times. We got to Jovente finally around 9 or 9:30 AM on Tuesday. We were served breakfast in Chakte at the Pastor’s house before we actually arrived.
Once we got to Jovente we all met together, had prayer and got started. A blessing was that as we were pulling into Jovente we saw that our work and witness project was already done. Some of our group along with people (men) from the village were going to build a fence around the clinic, but the people took the initiative and built it by themselves! It was kind of disappointing not to be part of building the fence, since I was on the work and witness team. I was hoping I could be a part of something without having to constantly speak Spanish. I knew work and witness would be something that I didn’t need to communicate all the time but I didn’t get my chance on this trip. Though I am glad that the people in the community were able to take the iniative and do it themselves, it must have been a good way for the community to bond.
Since the work-and-witness team was no more Mehir and I took part in the group for the kids; Jerson went with the evangelism group; and Scott who was a quasi member of the Work-and-Witness team, went where he was needed. So my new group-for the kids-got started right away.
We didn’t have Remi right away but instead played futbol in this giant field that some kids showed us, and it was muddy and so fun. There was one point that there were 59 kids playing futbol with us and the numbers just continued to grow. I wasn’t feeling very well so I decided to sit down and catch up in my journal and a bunch of little girls that noticed that I was sitting down swarmed me and started asking me all kinds of questions; Juan said it looked they were going to eat me. After several minutes, Catherine who said she was going to the bathroom came around the corner riding a horse. Needless to say this afternoon I conquered my fears and rode a horse. It was a pretty hilarious and random afternoon.
June 25th
June 25th
We traveled most of the day and then stayed in PB at Jennie’s house (her son is Benjamin, he’s a missionary in Jordan). Scott is really good friends with her other son. Most of the people (Esther, Maddai, Kendra, Kalleta, Wes, Mehir, Jerson, Scott, and Juan) stayed in the air-conditioned (which is rare) rooms and the rest of us (Leslie, Lindsey, Catherine and I) stayed on the giant porch in either a hammock or a lie down lawn chair.
Scott’s friend took us to get ice cream down the street and we watched an American movie there as we waited for the rain to die down. Then we just went back and talked to Scott for a little bit and then went to sleep. Sleeping outside was an experience, I got a little wet, but it was lovely to experience Gods creation like that. And feel really emersed in it- just listening to the rain.
We traveled most of the day and then stayed in PB at Jennie’s house (her son is Benjamin, he’s a missionary in Jordan). Scott is really good friends with her other son. Most of the people (Esther, Maddai, Kendra, Kalleta, Wes, Mehir, Jerson, Scott, and Juan) stayed in the air-conditioned (which is rare) rooms and the rest of us (Leslie, Lindsey, Catherine and I) stayed on the giant porch in either a hammock or a lie down lawn chair.
Scott’s friend took us to get ice cream down the street and we watched an American movie there as we waited for the rain to die down. Then we just went back and talked to Scott for a little bit and then went to sleep. Sleeping outside was an experience, I got a little wet, but it was lovely to experience Gods creation like that. And feel really emersed in it- just listening to the rain.
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