Day 7- School Outreach and Prison (Part 2)

Today was day two for the school outreach and prison teams. The guys have been pretty hush-hush with the prison stories so you may have to bug them to hear more about it.

All we really heard was that it went really well, the guys got along well with the inmates, and there was no incident. Unfortunately, again they were not allowed cameras, so we don’t have any pictures to show you from there, but out guys have quite the ability to paint you a picture with their vivid descriptions, I’m sure you’ll feel like you were there.

As for the school, it was pretty similar to yesterday. It was such a joy to spend time with the kids, they instantly fell in love with the team and were constantly coming up asking how long we were staying, when they could see us again, and anything else they could think of! We changed up the games and let them do relay races and dodgeball. Both were a hit, but the dodgeball games really took off!

At the end of the day, Becky stepped it up in a huge way and asked the principal to gather all the kids together so she could speak to them. It has been such a joy to watch her evolve and grow, she has been such a blessing to the team, and an incredible leader.

After the teams arrived back at home base, we got ready, loaded up and headed out to the beach house we reserved for the night. We stopped to pick up some kids from Santisima, then stopped for dinner at Mister Donut...then it started raining, torrential downpour style. We ran to the Super Selectos (supermarket) to pick up trash bags to cover up because it was slightly chilly and it was raining REALLY hard.

After we picked everyone up, the rain died down a bit and we headed to the beach house. Once we arrived 1.5 hours later, however, we were told that the storm had shorted out the electricity and messed up the plumbing. We insisted that we merely needed a place to lay our heads, but the guard was under strict instructions not to allow us in. It was disappointing to not have the beach house for the evening, but even in the midst of everything going on, the kids were all engulfed with watching the incredible light show being put on by the lightning storm. It was unlike anything any of us have ever seem. We wish we’d been able to get pictures to show you! Finally, around midnight, we headed back to Via Olympia and got to bed around 2:00am. What a night!