Pan De Vida Mission Trip – Day 2

Well it is a little after 10 and we are beat.  We got here about 4 today

and there were a few kids hanging around so we cranked up a kickball

game with some interesting bases and evoling rules. Seemed alot like the

72 olympics must have been. I still dont know exactly what constitutes a

foul ball or if there ever was a tag on a fly ball rule. The bases were

pretty funny. First was in its normal positon although about 20 feet

from home. Second was direction behind first and was the side of a

school house which had about 10 older kids in class while we were

bouncing balls off the side of thwe house andthe roof.  We were all

hoping it was english class.  Third base was very confusing. There were

three tetherball poles straight left from second up next to the fence.

The middle pole was third. And trust me you would get beaned if you went

to the wrong pole. Home was a patch of grass about 10 feet from where

you kicked from. Took some time but we settled into the rules pretty

much except for the foul ball thing.  It was a blast. I was tired after

that but then the next wave of kids got out of school about 6. We played

a little bit of tag then it was a free for all with piggy back rides and

spinning around in a circle swinging around kid after kid.  Man I got

serious dizzy and fell down at least five times.  Of course once you

fell down the dog pile started.  Man we were laughing and joking around.

I have never gottwn so many hugs either.  These kids are so affectionate

they just walk up an give you a hug. Pan de Vida.  The bread of life.

Maybe hugs are part of the bread of life and maybe we all need to give a

few more hugs. 

We all ate dinner and man I saw some little kids slamming down some

serious spagetti. We served all the kids first and second and some

thirds.  Ok so those of you with kids. Tonight at dinner there were 40

kids eating at 6 or so tables. Not one of them got up ONCE.  Are you

kidding me? They raised their hands and asked for seconds. My kids have

not sat that long at thetable their entire lives. 

Z is here and we talked a little after dinner I think he is goingto

share his testimony tomorrow. I mean there is no way the guy should be

alive given all the things that he has lived through. He is a gift from

God put on this earth to share His word.  Hard to explain really. Just

seems he is in tune with the Man upstairs. 

 

I am excited for tomorrow Jeannie had a blast and took like 300

pictures. Awesome.  I miss my kids and wish they were here to see these

kids because they would be having the time of there life.  

 

Hope you all are well the snoring has begun so must be time for me to

turn in. I do enjoy these notes I try and think of each of you when i am

writing them. 

 

Goodnight. 

Jiame

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