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SOOOOOOO let's go back to the big youth group that was here.

they were amazing. not only did they work like crazy but they had great attitudes and they followed directions. their leaders were on the ball and pretty much the entire week went great. like i said before i helped worked at a place called Hato del Yaque. The Yaque is a river that runs through part of Santiago. so this is a smaller part of the city near the river. it's a lot poorer than where the mission buildings are. the organization is building a church/feeding center there.

we would arrive there in the morning and spend the morning moving dirt that a big truck would leave in a big pile near the entrance. we used shovels and wheelbarrows and moved the dirt inside to raise the level of the floor. and especially the first day the group did so much work. there were also a few people working at chiseling out electric socket spaces in the concrete. and in the back corner people were bending rebar (sp).

so we would work until 12 and then take the 2 hour siesta. ahhhhh. then back to doing the same thing. and that was wednesday. thursday, will took me with him and audrey to the capital to watch audrey play in a basketball game. that was a fun trip even though audrey didn't get to play much. and brandon came that night.

then we went back to hato del yaque on friday. this time for siesta wilby took me around to talk to some people at their houses. to practice my spanish. lol, which you can't really practice when you don't know anything.

wilby by the way is a haitian translator. he speaks spanish and english along with creoul and whatever else he knows. he's a great guy. the nicest guy i know probably. and we are close friends. if you remember me talking about romano, they are actually cousins and live together here in santiago.

so my lunch time was really fun, trying to talk to some of the people. then saturday i went with will to the court and had a meeting for the 6 week league that is coming up. it was also an all star game from the big camp we just had and i got to play in it to give it more players. i had such a great time. it had been so long since i had gotten to play ball. (sigh)

then that night i played guitar for a small worship service the youth group here had with the american team. it was a lot of fun. then a sunday morning and the team was off to the beach again. it was sad to see this team go. i really like them and there was a lot of fun people, students and adults.

it was a great week for me. and there are definitely more coming i know.