July 6th
Patate, Ecuador
With our return from the jungle came a bit of exhaustion just from the long, bumpy drive, the long hikes, and the lack of sleep while in Tena. As mentioned before, our staff decided to skip our climbing trip to Carihuayrazo this weekend so that we could better plan for the upcoming kid´s camp at Chacauco, Monday through Thursday. We´re expecting 40 to 50 kids to stay at the camp in our dormitories this week. A large part of what I´ll be doing is teaching them basketball fundamentals and skills as well as helping to organize other recreation activities. One of the activities I´m especially looking forward to is organizing a hike up the side of the mountain we climb. With 40 to 50 kids, that should be especially fun and entertaining.
Church this morning was fantastic. We went to Iglesia Bautista de Valle to hear Pastor Angel preach and had a great time worshipping with the new group that came in from Brook Hills Church in Birmingham. Unfortunately, I think the exhaustion from the jungle trip took a toll on my body and I had to exit halfway through the service to recover a bit. No worries though, I feel much better now and am monitoring my body a lot more closely. After church, we spent a lot of time continuing to refine our skit for the kids and plan for the different activities the kids will be a part of this upcoming week.
Following dinner, we got a surprising call from one of the camp staff, alerting us that Pastor Angel had been detained by the police and didn´t have his license on him; this came just three days after my run in with the Ecuadorian police (see my post for July 2nd – July 4th). Thankfully though, Pastor Angel somehow got out of a ticket because his wife was there with him to back up his story about leaving his license at home. It was a little weird though that two people on staff were stopped by the police in the past week.
Anyhow, I’m looking forward to what this upcoming week will bring. I’m sure I will, as will our staff, have a blast with the kids coming in from all over the area
Patate, Ecuador
With our return from the jungle came a bit of exhaustion just from the long, bumpy drive, the long hikes, and the lack of sleep while in Tena. As mentioned before, our staff decided to skip our climbing trip to Carihuayrazo this weekend so that we could better plan for the upcoming kid´s camp at Chacauco, Monday through Thursday. We´re expecting 40 to 50 kids to stay at the camp in our dormitories this week. A large part of what I´ll be doing is teaching them basketball fundamentals and skills as well as helping to organize other recreation activities. One of the activities I´m especially looking forward to is organizing a hike up the side of the mountain we climb. With 40 to 50 kids, that should be especially fun and entertaining.
Church this morning was fantastic. We went to Iglesia Bautista de Valle to hear Pastor Angel preach and had a great time worshipping with the new group that came in from Brook Hills Church in Birmingham. Unfortunately, I think the exhaustion from the jungle trip took a toll on my body and I had to exit halfway through the service to recover a bit. No worries though, I feel much better now and am monitoring my body a lot more closely. After church, we spent a lot of time continuing to refine our skit for the kids and plan for the different activities the kids will be a part of this upcoming week.
Following dinner, we got a surprising call from one of the camp staff, alerting us that Pastor Angel had been detained by the police and didn´t have his license on him; this came just three days after my run in with the Ecuadorian police (see my post for July 2nd – July 4th). Thankfully though, Pastor Angel somehow got out of a ticket because his wife was there with him to back up his story about leaving his license at home. It was a little weird though that two people on staff were stopped by the police in the past week.
Anyhow, I’m looking forward to what this upcoming week will bring. I’m sure I will, as will our staff, have a blast with the kids coming in from all over the area
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