Day 3 of Belize: It started raining in the middle of the night again. I realized this when it started raining directly through the slats of the window onto my feet. It was interesting that I welcomed the feeling of being cold that night. And the rest of the week, really. But it rained again for most of the day. Around 2:15 it stopped. Then it got really hot. I started dripping sweat from everywhere, and that's a really disgusting feeling. It either needs to be completely covered or not at all, not the in-between stage. The VBS was the same as the day before, and lunch was just as crappy. Today we put glossy paint on top of the "primer" paint we put down the day before. Took a long time, cuz we had to cover the whole floor and we had to be more careful with the gloss than the stuff before. It was nice having a roller this time, so I actually felt like I was doing something. Aaron, Terra, and I make a good team. (We did the entire right side of the floor)
This was the night that we led the youth group. It was really interesting. We played telephone pictionary at first, and that was hilarious. It's always interesting to see how your story changes because of drawing talents. =) The service went for a really, really long time. I was definitely ready for bed by the end of this, but of course there was the full group meeting left to go. (I forgot to mention that at the Monday night meeting, people saw something that looked like a cat on the fence surrounding the Compound. Apparently, it was actually a rat. Yeah, disgusting.)
At the group meeting, Erica each made us say what our highlight of the day was, but first she had to go through the ENTIRE day. It was so annoying. I was falling asleep while listening to her. Finally she was done and the girls got to go shower. (Poor guys. They weren't allowed to shower at night, so they had to go to sleep in all their dirt, grime, and sweat. I felt really bad for them.) Then another night, a little worse sleep though.
Day 4 of Belize: (Just to keep you on track, this is Wednesday) It rained again last night. Sad thing was, it didn't keep raining. The thunder from the storm contributed to a bad night's sleep. I got progressively less and less sleep as the week went on.
For the first time, the sun was out all day. It was so ridiculously hot. Everyone was dripping sweat. Today after Kids' Club, instead of painting, I was out picking up trash with Jesse, Josh, Jessie, and two of the little kids. It was hilarious though; Josh Tindall had to pick up a pair of poopy underwear in a rain-filled ditch. It was pretty nasty. Another time, we found a broken monitor and didn't know what to do with it. One of the kids picked it up and threw it into this nasty black-water pond-thing. It was then that we learned about the crocodile that apparently lives in that water. Then we decided that it would be the place to dispose of a body. No one would ever go looking for it there.
Oh, during VBS that morning, Katy and I learned Creole songs from Laurilee and Laneis. We also tried craboo and genips.
Dah fi mi Jesus
Dah fi mi Jesus, hands mek a clap it (3x)
I want you to know
Dah fi mi Jesus, hands mek a clap it.
Repeat with head mek a nod it
foot mek a stomp it
waist mek a rock it
everything ih gimme
Mek We Sing
Mek we sing (5x) Mek we sing bout fi wi God
mek we sing (5x) about dah tings he do
Fi wi God, how ih good
Fi wi God, he takes no sides
Fi wi God, he tell duh struth
Fi wi God, dah king fah long, long time.
Genips are very good. They're small green fruits about the size of a golf ball. You bite the green shell to break it, then you suck the gooey fruit out of the shell. Then you chew and suck the sour flesh off the seed. Very good.
Craboo are small, berry-like things. They look like small yellow crab apples. I don't know how they taste; I didn't try one.
Tonight we led the regular Wednesday night service at the church. It was okay, but very long. 3 hours long. The sharing session was interesting. I heard a couple of my guy friends' testimonies and was kinda surprised. I was glad that they shared though.
At least we could do the group meeting at Lake Independence Baptist Church. It didn't take near as long as the other meetings. Showers were nice that night. Felt sooooooo good to be freezing.
Day 5 of Belize: There wasn't any rain that night. It was so hot that day. It finally rained near the end. The cold felt amazing.
This was the day I met my friend. Her name's Serena and she's 9-years-old. She's so cute and fun. She was doing "magic tricks" today to fool Aaron. She would tap his neck and duck down behind the bench. When Aaron found her then, she'd have me tap his neck while she hid a row or two back. When he still found her, she'd do the same thing, just a little different. She was hilarious. Then she showed me how she "levitated" by jumping and flapping her arms and then by holding herself up on the pews. Then we made crafts together. It was a necklace and an anklet made by twisting a length of cloth and threading a nut onto it. Then you tie the ends together and voila! A stylish necklace.
This was the night we had free time after dinner. Our group ended up going out for street ministry. I was in a group with Scott and Justin. (I think he's going to be a great youth pastor for us) We talked to Michael and Clayton outside a restaurant. Well, Michael was the only one talking, but we still only understood about half of what he said.
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