late night swim

Every Wednesday night a group of us drive to Rita which is about 10 minutes away. We go to Angie's house (a lady who goes to our church) which has AC and is always so nice and clean. Kids come and we sing songs with them and then we always act out a story for them. Me and Rob have become the weekly story tellers. Sometimes I think it's more entertaining for us than the kids! Last week we did Esther, and this week we did Elijah vs. the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel. Of course we put our own little touch on the stories...like Esther won a baking contest to become queen. :)

Last Friday night was pretty exciting. There are some crazy guys here and after vespers we were all out looking at the moon over the water. A couple of them came out in their boxers. We had a good laugh. Then 3 of them climbed down the rocks and went swimming...leaving their underwear on the rocks. HA! A bunch of us went and grabbed them and ran away. HAHAHAHAHAHA Stupid boys....luckily this is a trashy island. They grabbed random bowls, plastic, rocks, etc. to cover themselves as they ran back to their apartment. Who could blame them though. The guys in that apartment had a terrible day the Wednesday before. First they had money stolen out of all of their wallets in their apartment during school. Then they went surfing and screwed up their boards because the waves were so huge...

Monday this week my computer arrived! I was so happy. It took exactly 2 weeks from the day I sent it till the day it returned. Now I'm super paranoid about it. haha This week was week of prayer. On Tuesday morning when we went to the chapel it was sunny. Then it got cloudy. Then it started raining. But my class had the closing song so I didn't want to run out. As we're singing it starts POURING! I wasn't worried about my apartment because we closed the windows. But all 4 windows in my classroom were wide open and the rain was coming down at the perfect slant. Lenney held the school in the chapel while it continued to downpour, but I knew the longer I waited the wetter my classroom was getting. I ran outside and my contacts blew back in my head from the wind. My shoes flew off but I left them behind and kept running. I was SOAKED! I stormed into my classroom and it looked like someone was spraying a hose in the window. There were puddles on the desks, benches and the floor. And the textbooks were completely drenched. Luckily the library was free so we could have class in there. I didn't even consider changing. It felt so good to not be sweaty for once.

We've started a Friday morning tradition where we walk to the wellness center before morning worship to eat breakfast. It is so good and so healthy! It's only $4 too. Mmm they have oatmeal with bananas and pancakes. I've gotten so used to eating my pancakes with honey. Then after chapel we walk there again to buy frozen bananas (covered in chocolate and peanut butter and nuts on a stick).

We played volleyball a couple more times this week. I love it! It feels so good to be playing something. I feel more confident about coaching the girls now. Me and Ben are going to start tryouts next week. It's going to be interesting.

Pray for us and our principal! He is not really a good principal lol. He is so frustrating. It's ok though I love the group of SMs that are here.