BAWLS!

so last weekend we made the trek from San Quintin all the way down to Pachuca. this meant three days in a van with fourteen people through the mexican desert in the middle of summer. yes, it felt like hell, quite literally. we were miserable for most of it because there's no A/C in the van and we were all cramped and only stopped to go to the bathroom and get gas. however, we did stop in Mazatlan at one of our staff, Ana's parent's house. we had some good eatin' there and ended up spending the night because our drivers were too tired. this was a blessing because we were able to take showers there (PTL)! and then we headed on the rest of our journey. i was able to use my excellent creativity (mixed with that of my friends) to keep some of us decently entertained during a lot of the ride. we played all sorts of games, from "I Spy" to "GHOST" to "Truth or Dare" (which was surprisingly effective in a van full up of people) to a game we invented called "BAWLS" and even more. it was bood (a word we invented that means something is so bad it's good). we got to Mexico City pretty late Monday night, and got lost finding our way from there to Pachuca. we ended up getting pulled over by the police (which happened a lot on this trip) but in the end they decided to give us a police escort to where we needed to go to get to Pachuca. then we just had to find our way to the YWAM base there, which happened around two a.m.

this week, we're doing a sort of mini-DTS for some youth at a local church.  we've been sharing what we learned during our lecture phase, and just some of our experience with missions and serving God in general. i'm doing some teaching this morning. we've also been teaching them a couple of our dramas and children's songs/dances that they can use in their ministry. we're taking them out tomorrow to actually put it all into practice. i'm excited!