Day Two Update 4:20PM

We arrived at The Rock of Maypen shortly after ten this morning. A group of students painted the interior rooms of the church while the rest went outside to pick up A LOT of trash on the soccer field where we will be performing on Saturday night.

We have a great group of kids on this trip! They worked hard, picked up yucky trash, and did it all with a smile. When lunch was delayed and we had to sit around and wait for a while, the kids didn't complain. They played games with the neighborhood kids who had come by, sang songs, and enjoyed being together. It was awesome to see some positive attitudes!

The church provided the lunch today - fried chicken and curry goat with rice. Despite some reservations, the kids ate the food and really enjoyed it. Most daring enough to try the goat thought it was really good.

We headed back over the hotel around 3 pm for some free time. Half of the group promptly headed for the swimming pool (blue water, but cloudy). Terry Tomlin braved the water with the kids - the rest of the adults are content to sit in the shade and sneak in a nap.

The weather so far has been quite tolerable. Clear skies with a strong, cool breeze pretty much throughout the trip. It beats the Florida humidity, so I don't think any of us would complain at this point.

Pastor Tad purchased several ceiling fans for the church which we'll install tomorrow. That will help when we packed our 44 into the church building with everyone else for service on Sunday morning.

At 4:30 pm, we'lll be meeting for a time of worship together and then we going to break up into our ministry teams for rehearsals. At 6 pm, we'll head back over to the church for dinner.

Thank you for your prayers - P7 is feeling better and even ate some food at lunch time. The room problems have been corrected (we think) and everyone is doing well.

Next update will be later tonight.