So this week is Semana Santa here in #theRas and the kids are out of school so we try to have fun stuff to do with them. Its our spring break but it´s really summer here…so spring breakish.
So far the bigs have had a couple of soccer games with the medium girls. I believe Zue told one of the in charge folks on the radio this morning ¨We have toilet paper for you and your tears¨ as she asked for them to send the girls over. haha
We did water slide on Tuesday and board games in the morning with a soccer game. We also had about 750 water balloons but there are no photos. Of course it took longer to fill them up and clean up the bits and pieces than it did to destroy them all. I decided our waterslide was too short because the kids would run out into the dirt. So we got another one and version 2.0 is perfect, we just need more water. I have a fire hose type attachment for the hose, just need more water and pressure. We have a couple of girls who are pretty good at surfing down the slide.
Version 1.0 It´s a yellowpages billboard and says gt thngs dne qkr. (Good things done quicker)ahaha
Version 2.0
Oh and a little maintenance. Thats me at the top of the shower walls by the roof trying my best to get a screw put in a clamp for a new curtain pipe. Welcome to the fabulous life of an OE Staffer. 😉
We also are doing the big 3 man swing with all the kids. We started with the team yesterday and will start with the bigs this afternoon. Tomorrow is Good Friday so no one works and there probably will be more water, more games and a little junk food.
I know the boys side has had a wiffle ball tournament and I heard the small boys beat the big boys. And I don´t think they let them. haha
Was talking to a friend yesterday about some schools always having spring break the week of Easter (like we do). as she prayed at the end of the conversation she said something along the lines of ¨so many places have a free week when we really are acknowledging Christ on the cross and His glorious resurrection. Whether they want to say it like that or not. We pause for a week to look toward the cross and the grave.¨ (I´m loosely paraphrasing).
Here in Honduras and many latino countries we have the literal week ¨Holy Week¨ in english. It is a holy week to rejoice in what He has done and what He is doing. I´ve been reading through John Pipers Holy Week devotional Love to the Uttermost and it just makes me see how INTENTIONAL this week was in the life of Christ in so many specific ways. How for years before it was prophesied in specifics. And Christ fulfilled those prophecies.
So as we zipline, swing, waterslide, play soccer, and generally enjoy the Non Summer weather this week (Thank you Lord for a break from the HOT), we look toward Sunday. To rejoice in the resurrection that defeated death and set us free.
Hope your week is going good too. 🙂
Be His
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