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)