So...I think we all fully know what rainy season is in Guatemala!! We were all having a wonderful time hanging out with bunch of kids at a "VBS". While we were playing and painting faces we were told we needed to wrap things up because it was going to rain. We looked up and don't really see any clouds, but we listened and wrapped things up. We told all of the kids thank you and sang "go now in peace" as a blessing and a farewell. When we finished we went up to wait for the trucks and it started POURING; like God crying kind of rain. It cam fast and it came fast and it cam hard. We were all drenched for the next 15 minutes as we rode back to Agua Dulce. Everything on us is soaking wet. (I was able to keep my Djembe dry, though). It is till raining and most of us are contemplating whether it is worth it to take a cold shower at this point. I obviously chose to abstain (as the group well knows at this point).
The VBS went really well. When we got to the church there were about 75 kids waiting for the "gringos". As they watched us we went up to the front, did a brief intro Nd sang a song. The. We invited them to sing being for us. After that we sang "this little light of mine". When the singing was over we did our "lesson". It was all about the creation story. After the short lesson we handed out crayons and coloring pages to the kids. They all colored and we collected the papers(the hope is that we will go hang them up at their church tmrw). After coloring we basically did face painting, bubbles and played soccer. Most of the time it was completely chaotic, but also extremely fun. Brendan was getting chased by kids throwing soccer balls at him. Olivia, Lauren, Deb and the other girls still probably have paint all over them as the little girls got a hold of the brushes!! Overall it was great and I am certain our students all enjoyed themselves. I could see it in all o their faces and also in the faces of all of the little kids.
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