I cannot believe I have a little over 2 weeks until I head home. I am at open mic night right now, enjoying some good amateur singers and some awesome fellowship. Our days here are dwindling down and I have to say my heart has been hurting a good bit about that lately. It seems as though people and kids around the community are just now starting to trust us. Which obviously is a little disheartening, considering we are leaving shortly. I don't really know how to deal with that. The staff as a whole has been prayerfully believing in God that He would break down the walls of individuals in this community. He has answered those cries. The question is, what do we do with this now; the broken down walls and the softened hearts are hard to leave at this point. These are just initial thoughts to a healing/debriefing time I will end up going through.
Tonight I probably had the most fun I have had since I've been here. We took two of the girls (Tanaya and Tiona, twins, 16) who we work with, out to what we thought would be bowling and dinner. Bowling alley was closed, go figure. We ended up going to the mall and playing in the arcades for about an hour. You will be glad to know that I dominated in all of the games :) By the time we left I think all of our stomachs were hurting because we laughed so much. However, the best was yet to come. We won a couple of bouncy balls in the arcade. In this moment, the now famous game of Mall Ball was created. 2 ways to play. Here are the rules. First part, throw the bouncy ball as high as you can in the middle of the mall, first person to have possession of the ball gets a point. Needless to say, we were dodging people, jumping over benches, and having people duck in the process. IT WAS AMAZING. I'm surprised we didn't get kicked out. Really. (This is an awesome way to set a good example for those who your are building relationships with :). Second part of the game, get in an enclosed area of the mall where an entrance is. We were surrounded by 4 walls (there is the initial doors to enter the mall, and then about 10 yards away, the second set of doors). One person throws the ball as hard as they can having the ball bounce around the 4 walls like a pin ball machine; whoever gets posses ion of the ball first wins. Everything is fair game. Elbows thrown and people laying on the ground - its amazing. Again, this really was one of the most fun games I have ever invented/played. And I have video to prove it! Which is even funnier because those who decided to watch us probably thoughts we were psychos considering they couldn't see the bouncy ball, just 3 people running back and forth, jumping in an enclosed area. INSANE! My stomach hurts today from laughing so hard!!!
Last thing, we leave for Florida tomorrow at 7am. We will come back on Aug. 3. Please keep us in your prayers as our group will be ministering to the people of Belle Glade throughout the week. Even though the drive will be a little challenging for this A.D.D. kat, I am looking forward to the trip and super stoked to see some familiar faces :) :) :) you know who you are. Alright, I'm headed out with that. Again, please keep our Fl. mission trip team, along with the remaining staff members in the Quip in your prayers. Until next time, which will be in over a week, love deeply.
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