Day 2
Breakfast at the Hotel
Buffet of some local stuff and traditional stuff. Not sure what all of it was, but it was good.
Church At Shalom
Really cool hearing songs you’ve heard before in another language. For some strange reason the pastor did the whole message in Spanish. As I was sitting there taking it all in I was again reminded that as Christians, we are a part of a global body. It’s so easy to make “church” where you attend and lose sight that the church is all over the world. Cool stuff.
Drive to Chitzen Itza
We were having a blast… got some cold water and enjoying the drive. (We were in 2 vans) About 25 minutes from our destination our van which was behind the other one literally stopped. Dead. It was out of gas although the gauge didn’t say it. That created some fun “oh, boy!” moments for those of us in the van. Actually, I wouldn’t replace that time, that’s what makes trips exciting and special. Eventually Genny came and got us and took us to CI. The waiting made for some fun moments and great laughs.
Chitzen Itza
Mayan ruins. Google it. They are incredible. We visited them today. VERY cool stuff… if you can get past the tidal wave of local vendors always trying to hock something to you. It was really cool to see something with so much history and story.
Restuarante
We stopped at a buffet (See a pattern here?) for lunch after CI. It was about 3:00ish… learning how different our times are as far as eating. We were dared by our host to try this salsa they bring to the table. It was fiery hot. And awesome. It also had a pool attached to it which a lot of the team jumped into and had a good time hanging in.
Dinner
We went to another local restuarante for dinner and they had 3 salsas on the table. It was like a fireball swirling around in your mouth. Good times. It was cool looking down our long table and watching the team enjoy each other and having a good time. Excited to see how God is bonding us together. After that we had a quick team meeting to talk about tomorrow and now we are calling it a day before a long one tomorrow.
Tomorrow starts the work… construction in the morning and VBS tomorrow night. I think we are all anxious to get started full force on serving the church. Oh yeah, it’s still really hot. I would say we are used to it, but… we are drinking a ton of bottled water and will keep doing so. You almost have to. I did try some Coke at dinner and it is sweeter than the Coke back in the ATL.
That’s all I can remember from today. I’ll try to update again down the road if I can. Thanks for your prayers!