I think we all have adapted to the early mornings, late nights, lazy lunch breaks, and hard-working days, but we are all defiently ready to take a break this weekend.
If you're curious, our wekend will look a little like this:
wake up, eat breakfast, leave for the river trip, get eaten alive by mosquitos, go back to the hotel, stay up late playing slapface and catch phrase, go to bed, wake up, eat breakfast, go to the ruins, probably get eaten by even more mosquitos, buy souveniers for all of you reading this, go back to the hotel, stay up a little bit, go to sleep, wake up and go back to work.
There you go, our future weekend in a nutshell.
VBS had some issues today involving some older kids bullying the youngsters, but thanks to Kenny Ortega and Marc Otto, it was safely averted. But on the good side, the kids had fun singing and making crafts and playing with our team, and also ended up helping us construction workers paint the schoolhouse! On that note, the construction workers finished painting all of the schoolhouse, and also are in the process of creating a cement walkway. Oh, and cement mixing? 10 bags of cement with ten loads of rocks and ten loads of sand and water. Not the most fun job you could get here.
As I lay here in one of the hammocks, (best part of the place) Im listening and watching all of our team around me and It's really amazing to feel how great of a vibe this trip brings. There are a cluster of kids and leaders playing catchphrase (loudly, I might add. But thats just Cata) I also can see a group of people going deeper into a previous devotional, I can hear some guys quitely playing a dice game, I can see some people relaxing and reading their books or journaling, and I can hear our new friends speaking spanish and Its so peaceful with all of this commotion at the same time.
We have a nice breeze coming through, masking the heat, and everyones in a great mood.
Sophie. Please remind Debbie J to take her malaria med on Saturday after food. Thanks! Valerie Jenkins
ReplyDeleteHi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteI love all the pictures you guys are posting. It looks like you all are doing some really good work down there. Keep it up and I hope you have a lot of fun while your down there. I am still in New Orleans and will have internet service until tomorrow evening. I hope to see more pics tomorrow before I loose you. I love you and will see you in about a month. Dad
Another round of great pictures...we like the comment about souveniers...
ReplyDeletetell Jaime we would like to have 2 Howler Monkeys please! :) xoxo from her parents!
1 week down and you are all still smiling!!! that truly speaks to your persistence and devotion. enjoy your weekend off..you all deserve it!! p.s. sophie, you need to take your malaria med today too!! xoxo, mom
ReplyDeleteWow! It sounds like you're all working very hard! It's cool and gloomy here in PL. I hope you all enjoyed your day off! You deserve it! Stay cool (ha ha)and have a blessed July 4th. I can't wait to hear all the details in person!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Tammy (Rylie's mom and Gary's very significant other)
Happy Fouth of July Team! We are praying for the end of your trip. May the end be the best! Coda Daddy says, "JM misses you. Come home so she will get out of the middle of our bed."
ReplyDeleteWe love you, honey,
Daddy and Mom Rich and Heather
sophie..kim hecht says matt has an extra malaria pill you can "borrow" if you didn't find 1 last night. ok to take that today after eating. xoxo, mom
ReplyDeletehello allll!!! me and sarah are sitting at my house right now and we cant even explain how much we miss all of you. seeing your pictures in church almost made me cry. it makes us so happy to see your sweaty and sunburned faces because we know your doing some dang hard work in the sun!!! we have been praying for you every day!! we hope God is speaking to you in amazing ways!!! we miss you....Rylie, Meg, Ryan, Kenneth!!, Sophie, Lauren, brett, Dakota, Matt, Karlin, Cata!!!! we love you guys!!!! please get home safely!!!!!!
ReplyDeletelove, hailey and sarah
P.s. JJ your the man!!
ReplyDeleteHi Team Belize!
ReplyDeleteThe "Open Door" Sunday School class (Dean Nelson's) would like to invite any of you who are connected to our class (or who want to be) to share your hearts' experience from Belize with us this coming Sunday. Teenagers, feel free to invite your parents. Bring anything you'd like to show-n-tell--including howler monkeys. The teens can share first so they can get to their class and friends. Don't worry about preparing, we have lots of questions to fill the time. We meet in Bowes (in the Ellipse foyer) from 9:00 - 10:00. It will be our priviledge to have you join us. OD/hh
Happy 4th of July. Many of us parents are debating what day exactly the first team arrives home. I think half are planning to show up at the airport on Tuesday night and half on Wednesday night. The church office believes it is Tuesday. Could someone double check with Joyce or Ryan to confirm whether your actual return is Tuesday the 6th or Wednesday the 7th, and post on the blog, thanks. We are anxious to greet you at the airport. Just want to show up on the correct day. Have a wonderful final few days. We will continue to keep you utmost in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteSteve Christensen
Riley is being loved and entertained while Team Kess is away. We can see by the pictures that Ryan, Wendy, Corey and Jordan are having a fabulous experience because the pictures show their big smiles. Love and prayers for your continued good health and blessings on your mission. Grandma and Grandpa Kessler
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of these great posts, Sophie!!! You are a gifted writer and we can't thank you enough for keeping us connected to this most amazing journey that all of you so bravely took on. We hope everyone enjoyed this day of rest because you sure did deserve it! We can't wait to hear more stories when you return, and we will be praying for everyone to have a safe trip home.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see you soon, Matt!!!!!
Kim Hecht