February 17th, 2011
This morning Jake (jakevannorman.theworldrace.org) and I went to the market with Atay Marina (the pastor’s wofe) to help with groceries and also pick out some food items for our Man Night tonight. I did buy a pair of sandals while I was there, so I’m not completely shoe-less anymore.
We came back in time for lunch and as we were waiting for a few of us to arrive back from ministry at the beach, I jumped in with Bethsaida (bethsaidaportalatin.theworldrace.org) in painting the palm logs that now form the perimeter of the kid’s play area.
I, Jake, and Derek (derekbegin.theworldrace.org) had no idea when Jon (jonbunford.theworldrace.org) and Jeremy (jeremyharris.theworldrace.org) would return from beach ministry, so we stuck around the house and did pretty much nothing for a few hours as we waited their return.
They finally came and then after bathing and washing a few clothes in the river we went back to the beach for a fancy dinner, where we ordered $2 club sandwiches and cheeseburgers. After dinner I discovered the joys of night crabbing at the water’s edge while the others played ping pong under a nearby gazebo. There wee crabs the size of my fist running around, but the largest I caught was about he size of a quarter, the first one big enough to pinch me!
Returning for the night, I helped make popcorn for the guys (Atay Marina taught me how to pop popcorn in a stove pot using butter) and we watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight inside a common room of the ministry center, using a projector and the church’s speaker system. It was nice.
On a different subject: the skin infection I had earlier has since been cured using some TLC and antibiotics. However, tonight I notice some hard blisters forming under the skin of my hands and I have no idea what from. Ugh. Jesus take the wheel.
On the business side of things… I’m technically not fully funded, I’m remaining on the race by promise to pay any remaining balance by the end of the final month. Right now that balance is about $4,000. Please help me pay it down by donating! Also, for security reasons I’ll be out of contact for the month of March. No news is good news.
