Day 3 in Guatemala City

Hola from Ash and Caroline. This morning started out with a blast, aka a blast of Mandisa in our ears (Coach Hatch has lovely wakeup calls). We enjoyed a breakfast of waffles, eggs, and watermelon. Who knew jelly on waffles was secretly delicious? We then proceeded to put on our Sunday attire and head to our host Martita’s church for an amazing service. “Pastor Clint” shared a wonderful message followed by Madison who shared her testimony. The passion we witnessed during worship would move most people to tears; it was truly humbling to see people dancing their hearts out and falling to their knees worshipping Jesus. Mollie and Cille played some pretty intense “peek-a-boo” with the local children at the church. After the service we changed clothes and loaded up the van to go get some Subway. For me personally (ash), ordering at Subway in America is a difficult task, so ordering in Spanish was quite hard but Betty saved us all. We then proceeded to go play some extreme sports. These sports consisted of one thing known as “gotcha” (paintball). The inner warrior was brought out in everyone and the women were separated from the girls. We figured out who we would want as backup in a gun battle and those people are definitely not Courtney(she claims that she is fierce), Cille, Corrie, Madison (who never took her gun off safety), or Falon. However, Emily Pyron is a scrappy sniper and Clint can barrel roll into trenches like no other. Megan showed off her hawklike eyesight and Coach Hatch sent a few off the field in tears (not really, it just makes her seem like she is tough even though she cowered behind an old car the whole time). Battle wounds were distributed left and right but we all managed to survive with no fatal injuries. Although our new friend Sarah got shot point blank in the neck from like 2 feet away, which looked rather painful. We then moved on to an intense go cart race that brought out everyone’s competitive side. The race was intense from the beginning when Courtney took an illegal head start (with the exception of Emily who would’ve gotten a ticket for going too slow). Ann Hilton drove around, hammering people in the back and giving Ashley whiplash. She was the most feared driver out there hands down. Mrs. Cindy was forced to do a 180 into the tire wall to escape Ann Hilton’s wrath. As everyone exchanged goodbyes, Caroline had an extremely awkward hug/high-five/pound encounter with Primo, a new Guatemala friend. But don’t worry, she’s promised to take lessons. After these terrifying experiences, the entire team was exhausted and ready for pizza y agua. After our hearty meal, our enthusiastic game of Signs was interrupted by a cockroach attack. That slippery critter escaped before it could be obliterated. Once we were all situated and ready for bed, we had a discussion about the sermon that somehow ended on an overview of Revelation. Fun fact for the evening, PDA is rampant in the Guate!! We have been keeping a tally of PDA encounters and we are currently on #18.

Peace and Blessings everyone,

Ash and Carol