We were awakened this morning with Amazon rain...surprisingly cooler than Texas rain. Very moist. Uncomfortably moist. Due to the unceasing rain throughout the majority of the morning, we waited till after lunch to go out onto the village grounds. After watching an inspirational video about spreading the gospel, we were ready to change the world as the Amazonians know it. Maybe a little too ready. We stormed the beaches with our care packages, soccer gear and shear courage. In order to do this, we had to trek courageously up the slippery, moist slopes of Divino village. It was dangerous but well worth the trouble. We started off with VBS, medical and optometry clinics. Very fun but very humid. At 4:30 was the long awaited soccer match. Corbin gave up 4 early goals to a less-than-10 year old boy, but Tanner took one for the team when he saved a goal by diving into a puddle o' mud. By the end of the match, everyone's bodies were moist as can be. Everyone wanted to head straight for the showers (MUCH more on that later (except for Kyle Cox and Austin Chanandler)), but we needed to hold a worship service and share testimonies.Kyle Cox and Gracie McCormack shared their testimonies and Mr. Delph preached to the villagers. God's work was evident in the hearts of the people with whom we came in contact.
Around 6pm, the church service ended, and we were all very saaaaad :( that we had to leave our little children behind. We began the trek back down the dangerously moist hill and the boys victoriously claimed the showers before the ladies for the 1st moist shower of the night (again MUCH more on that later). Showers consist of bonding, cleaning, and pinesol?! (i'll explain......later). Literally THE most refreshing shower in the world, behind the boat on the Amazon. We then ate dinner. yes. Then we broke into 4 groups and went alligator hunting! All groups caught alligators but the last group got the biggest one, about 5 feet long. One group even caught one with 3 legs and a nubbin...cool story hansel.
But all of this is nothing compared to the epic male bonding experience. It was soapy. It was spectacular. It was moist. It started off as just a second shower at night to refresh ourselves before bedtime. But it quickly escalated into an experience many of us will not soon forget. This experience lasted a good 30 minutes and consisted of a combination of everybody's soap, shampoo, facial wash, and possibly even pinesol. It was after we combined all of these that we realized there was indeed a pinesol bottle in the mix. Only God knows if pinesol was in the mix, but either way...the boys hair will be glistening and smelling amazing all through the night. That's the power of pinesol, baby!
Due to the alligator hunting, we did not meet to talk about "Forgotten God" tonight. But we will be sure to make tonight's session up tomorrow night! It is now about 10pm and the ladies are sleeping on the 2nd deck, while the strong, handsome, young lads are writing to you. We want all of you to know that we love all of you with all of our hearts, and we miss you dearly. For serious.
That's all for tonight, folks!
Moist count....it's up to 8. Moist, moist. There, that's an even 10.
Sincerely,
Tregxander Barrett Coxersonler, IV.....(Trip Starkey, Austin Gregg, Alex Beebe, Corbin Blount, Kyle Cox, Tanner Robertson, Austin Chandler)
P.S.:
The women don't exist anymore.FIN.
1) I feel very awkward now after that paragraph about the shower.
ReplyDelete2) Alligator hunting = messy + scary < clowns.
3) You guys are doing an amazing job. I and my peeps (I hate that word and will never use it again) are praying for you.
4) 8 is also an even number.
5) I will now laugh anytime anyone says moist....not like I didn't before but now I have a good reason.