Today was a little different for us, and the next few days will be as well. Just because of scheduling issues, we have been working very hard the first part of the week, and during this second part we will be doing more team building activities.
This morning we once again rose early and hiked our hill to wait for our ride. The old and cranky van came roaring over (with Lindsey as it’s crazy-yet-competent driver) and we headed out to attach ourselves to long metal chords and go flying over cliffs…. That’s right, today we went zip lining through the jungle! We went to a place that took us on a flying tour of the jungle tree tops. It was a blast. This attraction had 14 separate zip lines, some through beautiful trees with the light shining through, and others soaring over the tree tops with fantastic views of the mountains. It literally took us over an hour to get through all of these zip lines, the last one being the longest and coolest. The students loved it!
getting ready to zip line it up!
I won’t lie- at first I was terrified, but after I got the hang of it I had so much fun. I loved looking down over the jungle and seeing the tree tops. It was a serious rush. After the last one, I had shaky knees!
The students from the school we’ve been working with came as well, and after the zip lines we were broken up into teams and given a sort of race to complete, with challenges. The three teams had to row a canoe across a lake, pick up a flag, row back, run to complete a challenge (like filling up buckets with water using only sponges, or dressing up your team captain in ridiculous clothing), and then row to get another flag. The students from both countries got really into this activity, and had so much fun with it! Not to mention getting sopping wet, but this time not from the rain; this for some reason makes it better.
We headed back to the school and had lunch with the students and did our normal devo time with them. Today Laura, Conner, and Alisha were in the driver’s seat. They did a number of activities involving carrying each other’s burdens, and it went really well. After this some of us headed back to our little house, and other’s went on a nature hike through the Jungle on Tomas’ property. I have been told that this hike was cool, but very wet and muddy! After dinner we headed back to church, this time for Bible study night. We are familiar faces there now and the congregation just loves to have the students around. Corey and Amanda shared their testimonies tonight. Corey did a great job, I was really proud of him. Amanda tried really hard to share her testimony in Spanish, and actually did a pretty good job at this.
waiting for our ride
Our day almost over we went home and discussed what tomorrow is going to look like. The students (and the leaders!) are all very tired, and we sent them to bed early. Tomorrow is another full day, and we are looking forward to it.
Please pray that we can completely finish the work we have been doing at the church tomorrow- pray for good weather and no complications. Please also pray that our last day with the students at Lindsey’s school will go well and provide closer for both sides. Thank you!
P.S.- We may not have access to the internet Saturday, so please do not be concerned if you do not hear from me! We will be fine, and we look forward to seeing some of our readers on Sunday J
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