Wednesday February 22, 2012

The first day proved to be an eventful one. It seemed as if we, Jordan and Dan, tried out every job there was to experience. In the morning we helped out with VBS where there were around 15 kids. At VBS we made turtles by stuffing premade felt turtle cutouts with cotton. It signified that like the soft turtle, Jesus comforts us in our time of need. Later Juan taught us to make balloon animals which made it just as much fun for us to tie them as it was for the kids to play with a brightly colored sword, puppy, or swan. We also played memory games where Jordan only won 1 of many games. Jordan claims to have been going easy, but Dan still isnt convinced. After lunch the 2 of us were roped into, reluctantly, mixing dry cement. Since we are in fact clueless teenagers, we tend to simply listen and do, rarely asking the purpose of our designated activy, but while moving a black and white pile from one location to another 2 feet away sparked our curiosity. When we had finished relocating two decently sized piles of cement we flattened out the saturated cement at a different work site. Floating was the term Mark had used. Yet, unfortunately for Dan only the too small, pink flower boots were left, so Jordan was left to complete the thrilling task while Dan did what his arms could reach from the sidelines. Spagetti was for dinner. After dinner we mosied around until it seemed an appropriate time for 2 "big strong teenagers" to go to bed. PS we love you moms :)
With love from Guatemala
Dan and Jordan