Last Call

Day 5 - Saturday - June 12th 2010

Projects undertaken today:

A group went to finish the bunk beds.

Another stayed to do a VBS for the children.

Both Cory's, Frommer, Lori, Greg and I went with Armando and Paulino around the village area to talk to people, learn about them and find out just precisely how we can help improve their community. We also handed out Spanish Bibles. One lady had rocks in her yard that she needed moved out of the way, so we moved rocks from one spot to another (wait, what? . . . moving rocks again?). One rock was particularly heavy, but I happened to find that it easily cracked apart under a few strikes from a garden hoe. We chipped away at it until it was small enough to move.

Following:

A game of soccer with myself, Jeremy, Lori and the rest Guatemlans VS Waugs, John, Greg and Guatemalans with myself and Cory each teams respective net-minder.

Unfortunately, Lori suffered a minor foot injury and spent some time on the bench - only to return to play for the other team. Part-way through the game, a Guatemalan fellow named Julio came along and played for our side and really well despite wearing jeans and boots. John scored on me twice, Greg and Lori got off a few shots, but I kept those out.

Later that night:

Really heavy Thunderstorm. Dinner and packing for our morning departure.

There are plans to walk to the Church for a Saturday night service. The rainstorm is keeping up but we are going anyway. Going on this crazy venture are: Kelly, Mike, Zak and Natalie, Frommer, Lori, Paulina and myself. Lacking proper anti-rain gear, we wear trash bags. It wasn't too bad . . . until we get to the bridge where the stream is just below it or rather, I should say that the stream is just ABOVE the bridge. It's ankle deep and we hold hands crossing for safety.

Getting to the Church: We see that the Banos is still standing and also find that the locals appreciate that we would also brave the elements for the service. Karina expertly translates the message for us. I, unfortunately was still tired and missed parts of the message, but it was mostly to do with Genesis 39.

We make our way back to the farmhouse where we dry off and go to sleep.