Hola todos!
So today was our second work day in San Jose and it was awesome! The whole team really started getting into the groove of things, whether that was cranking out bricks at the house, organizing sports with the kids, making rebar, or, if you're me, getting back into the speaking of the Spanish language. Today was much rainier than yesterday though, which ended up slowing down the construction group a little bit. Luckily this led to many opportunities for relationship building with the kids of the village.
We also were able to get a more organized start to our sports camp (which we are doing instead of a Vacation Bible School this year). We made bracelets for our team, our prayer warriors, and the children of San Jose (which you may have seen us wearing at church on Sunday) with 9 colored beads that represent the fruits of the Spirit. Yesterday's sports camp was mass chaos (fun, but chaotic), and today was much more structured. We gathered together in one of the school buildings, and Morgan explained the days fruits to the kids (negro [black] bead= templanza [self control], and azul [blue] bead= amabilidad [kindness]). Then we headed out for a little baseball in the rain, complete with a few home runs!
In addition to a productive day of sports camp, our construction group mixed A LOT of mezcla (concrete essentially) AND completed the upper half of the walls of the house today, even with the almost constant rain.
In fact, we were all so productive today that we managed to leave the worksite in time to go get Batidos (milkshakes) in Matagalpa before returning to the team house for dinner. Most of us drank either coffee/chocolate or strawberry/banana and they were MUY DELICIOSO.
Now for some pics! Thank you for your support, we're feeling your prayers for us!
--OHBC Nicaragua 2013--
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| Morgan rocking it at giving instructions and explanations in espanol |
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| Ricky braceletting Juan Carlos |
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| John giving out mas bracelets! |
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| Me, Allie, tying bracelets |
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| Frutas de espíritu [fruits of the spirit] |
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| ninos con bulseras [kiddos with bracelets] |
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| that right there, my friends, is a volcano...or how we make the mezcla |
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| Jenna and Brandt attacking the mezcla, don't worry, it's just part of the process |
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| Fiances laying bricks like champs |
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| Brandt caught a chicken...and by caught we mean someone actually threw the chicken through the air and Brandt literally caught it [for anyone wondering, chicken in espanol is pollo if it's already cooked, and gallina if it's still alive like this one...fun fact of the day] |
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| Jamie [Jerome] posing with a statue at the Palacia de Batidos [milkshake palace] |
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| [yum] |
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| Brittany and Dona Fide went to pray with a woman in the community today as well! |
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| Jess and Ricky shoveling like champs |
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| Brandt, Jess [who wasn't feeling 100% and still working hard all day, by the way], Kristine, and John working the mezcla |
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| That is a toilet |
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| Will [aka rebar extraordinaire], also Jess and the back of John's head in the rebar room |
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| Jamie teaching football skills |
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| Allie throwing the football with Elton |
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