More of Babicora

                Monday, April 1, we set about doing work projects and day camps once again. The kids didn’t come out right away, so we waited around until they showed up to play games. We spent the morning playing with them, and then in the afternoon we had another Bible lesson before playing more games. We blew up more balloons to make into different shapes, including hats, flowers, and swords. With the pretend swords we had fun doing fake sword fights, and I usually had two or three all trying to “fight” me at once. J It was fun, but they definitely had more energy! J After that I started playing around with one girl in particular, and we kept on rubbing the sidewalk chalk all over each other. Then the game turned into her and another girl stealing my hat, and a game of tag along with two other girls from our team! We would chase them around the swings and down the slide, and it was all a fun time.

 

                The work projects went well, but the wielder quit, so they couldn’t continue on that job anymore. The steps were completed, and the wall had a good amount done on it. Once again in the evening before supper we played a game of soccer with the adults. That was a lot of fun. After supper we had a bonfire and all went around sharing things that we had learned over this trip. Quite a few of the Mexicans joined us, and so both we and they shared our stories, with the translator translating for us. It went a long time, but was super great.

 

                The next morning we had to stay our goodbyes to all the people and head on out. I was sad to leave the village and the people, and wish we could have stayed there a day or two longer. Our caravan of vans and trucks headed out, driving along the bumpy twisty roads. Only a little ways down the road we came to a stop. We had a flat tire on the trailer that held all our luggage. So we all tumbled out, either to help change the tire or stretch our legs at this unplanned stop, but  with having so many guys who know vehicles the way they do on this trip, it was no time  before we were on our way again. We arrived in a fair sized town around noon, and ate a picnic lunch the ladies had prepared for us, in a park in the Mexican town. It was a really nice park, and had rich green grass growing in it! It was something we had not seen along our trip in Mexico. We enjoyed the break, and then were once again on our way again. All day we traveled along the roads, getting closer and closer to the US border. We were behind schedule though, and soon it grew dark, and with it we grew tired and hungry for supper. We had fun in our van though, as we shared jokes with each other and had a grand time. J Finally we arrived in Warras, at the Bible Institute there, where we at supper and bedded down on floors and the such in the buildings there, all of them protected by a big secure fence. All our vans were behind locked fence as well.