Wednesday July 2

Yesterday we did house visits in the morning. They were GREAT! I used to hate them, but now I really like them. The people were so friendly and welcoming. They asked us to come back and talk more with them. I ate a weird vegetable that tasted like salt and lime. I got bubble gum. I got and tree nut that tasted like a potato. I got to smash tree nuts. I drank some red banana mush/amazon river water drink. The people were so much fun. I want to see them again. They made the start of my day fantastic. We lunched then...we eat a lot here.

We did a horrid job at VBS today. It was awkward and we didn't tell them about Jesus saving us or loving us...I was frustrated with that. Actually, I was angry. Then I played futbol with some boys. The field here is so wet and muddy and the ball kept going in the river. The little boys would take off all their clothes and jump in. Then we played soccer with a bunch of naked kids. It was a lot of fun falling in the mud and get stuck in the mud too.

We came home, and some people were fishing for piranhas. They caught 5 little ones. So, then I cam inside and talked to Tessa a bit because she is sick and bored and I love her (Typing this right now...and am thinking about how much I love her. now I am crying. really, love her). Then we decided to go bathe in the river. We got outside to bathe and some little boys wanted to canoe us further out, so we let them. So we sat on a log and bathed. It was fun. We came back in and ate dinner, then we went to church.

The church was full of kids. WE waited for adults to show up for one hour, but they never did show up. Jorge came in and told us we were in the wrong church, so we went to the right church and it was really good. I am liking the music now. I understand the words now, and I like them a lot. I slept a lot during the service and had to pee really bad the whole time. Then on our way home, we have to walk on muddy boards through a lot of water and of course I fell in and got my skirt soaking wet. Yep...I am possibly the clumsiest person alive.