Nicaragua June 2010~ Day 2

Day 2 de Nicaragua
We started the morning helping with daily chores. Two of us got up to help wake and get the little kids ready for school. It is total chaos! How the house mothers do this everyday is beyond us, but we find it very inspiring and admirable. Some of us rode to school with them in two vans, each with 12 or more individuals packed in. Meanwhile, a couple of our team members stayed behind at the compound and helped with mopping, which is a tedious and at times, a pointless task since it is constantly raining and people are tracking mud in and out.
We started the soon to be world renowned tournament. We divided the team and the kids into four groups and brainstormed team names and chants. With the teams divided by four colors, we had team “Jackson 10 Leones” who are purple, team “Arsenal” who are red, “Los Punks” who are yellow and “Mean Green Fighting Machine” who are green (hence the name). We also had the impossible mission of making a team flag with fabric paint, which luckily was fairly controlled. Afterwards the games began. We started with a game called “Down by the Banks” and ended with Team green winning. Soon after, we played a very competitive and almost violent game of musical chairs. This ended in a triumphant win for team purple.
We also spent part of our day helping with homework and drawing with pastels. Drawing is something that all the kids like to do, young and old, which is great because it gives the kids a chance to express themselves without words. We draw too, but not all of us are as talented artists as some of the kids.
We want to tell a funny story, to keep all of you readers out there intrigued but apparently because of all the events that happened yesterday we can not seem to pin-point one story that sticks out among all. However we will end with this: God has been doing some very powerful things in and around our team. We are working together, spending quality time with the kids and learning more about ourselves and the love that God so freely gives us.