Day 2: Exhausting

Today was not as exhausting as you might think, but when you combine my lack of physical fitness and an altitude well over a mile above sea level, things can get a little hairy. Hannah even had to go back to the room for a while today. We think she's suffering from altitude sickness. Please keep praying for her.

Setting up the room for VBS with (LT to RT) B-----, R----- (sitting), S-----, and M-----

Our work commenced with gathering our supplies and then setting up the room we're using for the VBS. We worked hard, and I even put together the tent we brought. The MKs did a phenomenal job helping us, though some wanted piggy-back rides more than they wanted to help ;-). The work took a long time, and I decided to head out to the store when the opportunity arose. Hannah and I didn't pack much clothes for cold weather, and even though 59 degrees isn't that cold, shorts and a t-shirt doesn't always cut it. We picked her up a green and white zip-up hoodie (thin, not thick material) and she seemed to like it, especially since Mexico's colors are red, white, and green. Just one off!

When we got back, Mitch, one of the teenagers on our team, helped me put together my missions room. It was a lot of moving tables and taping together posters to block out the windows (the missions rotation is supposed to be a cave), and we couldn't finish before lunch, so we had to come back again to put on some finishing touches before the room was used as a testing area for missionaries. They have to keep up on their Spanish skills, so it's nice to know that they monitor that.

Mitch slide tackling D-----, an IMB missionary

With nothing to do for a few hours, we got together and played good old, American football with the MKs and some missionaries. After a couple turnovers and two touchdowns, we decided to end the game with a tie (you can do that in Mexico) and play soccer. That was exhausting for me (Andrew). Hannah was in the room during this time trying to get over altitude sickness. I was trying to defy it. By the end of the game I was not feeling too well, in part because I took a powerful kick right to the groin. We ended up losing 3 or 4 to 1, but I did get to score that one goal. All in all, we probably played for about three hours.

In the evening after supper the missionaries officially began the retreat part of the week (prior to that it had all been business). We took the kids (K through 6th) to sing some VBS songs and Kristin (another team member) assigned the older kids roles in a play. After the fun was over, we tried to play capture the flag with the youth, but we had to call it due to lightning. But I'm bushed. Technically it is now day 3, so I had better get to bed. Be sure to check out all our photos from today here.