Mission Possible Teams

Broken things are beautiful. There is poverty everywhere, but yet the people are still happy and have smiles on their faces everyday.  It makes you feel special when the kids stop what they are doing and wave to you and try to talk to you.  I met a girl named Kayla today.  She is 6 years old.  When she saw my leg was bleeding, she put a leaf on it to try to stop the bleeding.  That just shows how caring and loving these people are.  And they try to make the best of what they have around them.  Kids were playing in the street and they were using a bottle cap and stick to play baseball.  I've learned a lot of Spanish and that has helped me connect with others.   I see God in those interactions.  A kid named Hosea kept calling me LOCA Gabby, which means CRAZY Gabby. It was funny.  Another trick they played on me since I don't know a lot of Spanish is to tell me that one of the boy's name was Gabrielle so I thought we had the same name.  They were dying laughing the whole time.  This is definitely an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life.

Gabby



I thought after yesterday things couldn't get any better, but I was wrong! Today was even more fun, so I can't wait for the experiences tomorrow and the rest of the week God will bring us. In the morning we worked with the younger kids and they were nothing but excited! The little girls played with my hair and it's funny how such a little thing can bring a smile to my face...it's the little sisters I never had because they look up to us. After lunch when we had the older kids and were playing volleyball and it started to rain there was mud all over the volleyballs and our clothes. I'm a clean freak and I was having a blast with mud on my face! It's also really awesome how quickly we are all picking up on the Spanish words and being able to communicate a lot better with the campers. They are all very helpful when we don't know how to say certain words in Spanish and have to point at things and do a lot of demonstrations. The first day all some of us could really say was a whole lot of "Hola"s and even just two days later we are much improved! I'm looking forward to the rest of the week and I am excited to tell more stories when I get home!

Rachel


PS - This team has been great.  Everyone is working so hard.  Below is a glimpse of our day!!!
  -Tracy