We have been on the race for almost a month now and I feel odd. Some days are exhausting and some days exhausting hardly begins to explain how tired I am from the day. We live in a very tight community where personal space and time are foreign concepts. Most of the people on the teams here are very outgoing people who thrive in a community setting. A typical day in Antigua Guatemala looks like this.
· Wake up to the sound of Erika’s watch beeping across the room
· Wake Erika up so she will turn her alarm off
· Snuggle for a solid minute
· Erika goes to shower and makeup
· Brad wakes up
· I work out for thirty minutes
· Shower
· Read for a while
· Eat a quick bite and coffee
· Head to the ministry contact
Most days that means we head to Forest and Carrols house. They are the ministry that we are working most closely with here in Antigua. We spend around eight hours serving in many different capacities. Here is a list of items we have assisted with:
· Water filters
· Malnourished infant care
· Youth and adolescent orphan care
· Construction projects
· Dental clinic
· VBS
After a long day of ministry we hop into the bed of a truck and take a long windy ride through the mountains back toward Forest and Carol’s house. Then we take a ten minute walk home and start making dinner. Dinner is usually pretty awesome! We are preparing our own dinners and eating like kings! After we eat we have a debrief and talk about the day. We talk about how we feel, what were thinking, how our day affected us, and we give constructive feedback to our team mates. This is typically the end of our evening. Erika and I return to the slumber chamber and talk for ten or fifteen minutes then we pray and go to sleep to begin the cycle again.
