A Short Drive and What to do

6/28

I awoke to continue preparing and organizing my thoughts and ideas about what to do with the kids tonight. I took a break and went to the gym. MK and I then met Jorge at his parent’s home for lunch. From there we went to purchase a van. The post lunch siesta sitting buckled in the front seat of the car wasn’t ideal but what can you do. After a lengthy transaction, we were going to take both vehicles back to Tule, but we didn’t have time to do so because we were to meet the kids at 6 at the church. So I drove the new van on the streets of Oaxaca. (I only almost hit one taxi (I say I almost hit it was mutual (almost more than mutual (and when I say almost hit I mean almost hit by American terms not Mexican terms (I was well within the cultural and social driving norms of the country)))). We dropped them off at the grandparent’s house and made it to the church. After a search for the keys we entered the church and began. There were 5 kids there; I spent the first half hour setting up the purpose of our meetings (laying the foundation). The next half hour we talked about some ideas for the future and I introduced an activity I would like to do every time we meet called Compartir a Dios where we share sightings, hearings, and feelings of God we had during the week. I gave an example of my surfing experience in the power of the waves, and how I understood something more of God’s awesome power through his creation. We then began our tournament.

There were two tournaments both being a game of balance. The first is a pushing game (not as violent as it sounds) and the second was a leg wrestling match while balancing on the other. This lasted for a bit after which I walked them through some different Jesus accounts in Matthew and asked them about how Jesus kept his balance, what two things did he stand on. I demonstrated the ideas of teaching and good works (healings mostly). I told them that we must learn together so we can imitate the ministry of Christ bringing into balance work and teaching. I plan to have our activities and different times together help realize this goal and connect the spiritual world to the world they work, live and play in.

We made plans to have class on Sunday and split. Jorge took me, MK and Aaron to get tlayudas in the old hood (where Jorge and his family used to live). We made it home in time to shower and crash. I say crash, because it’s Friday night in Mexico and that is a reason to celebrate. I tried to sleep through the worst karaoke rendition of Total Eclipse of the Heart I have ever tried not to hear. There was also a Mexican Achey Breaky Heart (not worth dreaming about). The party didn’t end until 1.