My son, the rock star!

I only have a second because it`s time for dinner, but I´m still cracking up about what happened to Christian today. We were preparing for the Ceremony and Danny had a clan of girls around him, looking for Christian to take a photo with him. As we were leaving in the bus, there was a mob of them in front of Christian`s window, and they were waving and blowing kisses to him. He told me he got two kisses today (!!!!!), and I reminded him that they were on the cheek and that it`s a cultural thing. He informed me that the look on their faces told him they meant it. Oh, my gosh! Like this kid needs a bigger head than what he has! Pray that we can put up with his ego over the next few days.

Seriously, it was hard to leave the kids today. We`re all exhausted, but will miss spending time with them.

--Yolanda

After all the teasing I finally respond:

Despite what everyone was pushing for, especially Shamon and Andrea, I will not be marrying anyone nor carrying on a relationship other than ''just friends.'' Whatever they say is a lie! So I had my picture taken with our arms around eachother (I feel like I`m only digging myself a deeper hole) and she thought I was handsome, but we are only friends.

I feel because everyone is ratting on me I should rat on some others. Taylor got a boyfriend. She was lovin` on him for the last three hours that we were there and Andrea had bunches of guys with crushes on her. No marriages for anyone this year.

Things have been going well the whole trip overall for everyone and for me. I have been hit lightly with the ''Inca Revenge'' but I am ok. It has been exhausting but it has really been great. The food is usually great (mainly because it is different from what we always have at home) but the guinea pig would be better with less avacado stuffing (just kidding). Traffic is horrible. The clearances are literally two feet and it seems like the horns never stop honking. Tomorrow we head towards the aeropuerto and to home, the amazon, or to Pikachu Mountain.

Love to all at home and at church,
Sean

What a week!

I can't believe we're done with our soccer camps...it has gone by very quickly because we have been so busy. It has been non-stop action and laughs this week! I'm exhausted and still trying to process all we've seen and done this week. The emotions have been overwhelming at times...joy, sadness, frustration...you name it and I've experienced it this week.



On the one hand, most of the people are precious and have gone out of their way to welcome and love us but on the other, there have been some that were just looking for what we could give them. It was humbling to see them crowd around us and laugh at our attempts to speak spanish, yet it was hard to give and give and give of yourself. It has been great being a team and getting to know one another on a deeper level, yet it's frustrating trying to make decisions and travel with a group of over 20 people. But, all in all...a wonderful experience and I can't wait to come back!



Just to make you laugh...we are truly a traveling freak show here. Everywhere we go, people point and stare and crowd around for pictures...with Andy and Mike being giants, Mitch and Mark with their red hair and fair complexions, Shamon and Wardell's bald heads, our matching shirts, our pitiful spanish...well, it's just something to see! We have had a blast!



Keep us in your prayers as we prepare to travel this weekend to our side trip destinations...Amazon jungle, here I come!



Tera

Last Camp Day

Well we are now done with the soccer camps. Today was another great day. It is amazing to see how people react to us when we come to town. Today we finished our soccer camp and did another championship. We were loved on all day by the people there. On the down side, there are a few of us that had a tinge of the Inca revenge.... Not a good thing. Christian was kissed on the cheek a million times today by all the girls who want to keep him. It was a riot. They all posed for a picture with him.

All is good, we will be bringing Sean back after all. Things did not work out with him and Carla and they called the wedding off....

I preached the message again today, I don`t know what people are thinking to entrust something like that to me. Sean played the music, and we gave out awards again. When it was all done, we were mobbed like rock stars with people loving on us, asking for stuff, and things going crazy.

Shamon