PENGUINO!!!!!!!

First of all, I would like to dedicate this post to Allyson Hartman. This trip would be a whole lot better if she could've come and all of us are praying for her.

Hello all. If I am not sounding (sounding?) coherent in this post, blame it not on me but the heat, ants, and the time in which it is right now. Anyways, this is Stephanie posting; I'm not going to tell you which one (let's see if you can figure it out). All I can think to write at this time is that origami saved my life today. No, really! OK, maybe not literally, but it did make it easier for me to interact with the kids at the VBS in Matamoros.
In my opinion, today's VBS went significantly better than yesterday's did. We (the team if you want me to clarify) got across the border without any problems... (insert foreshadowing moment for the trip back, here) and arrived there on time. The whole group visited this time, and all of us pooled out of our conspicuous white van and waited for the kids to arrive. Many of the boys that came yesterday did not come today, which was disappointing, but a substantial group showed up so there's plenty of praise for that. Many (all) of the newly purchased bubbles were taken out of the box and used as well as the jump ropes and chalk and etc. The dilemma began when I wanted to try double dutch jump rope, which was taken up by Ian, Al, and a boy named Alexis along with a few others joined in. A large chunk (mischievous smile) of our group focused their attentions on the jump rope and I noticed that there were many VBS attenders that were just sitting there. Not knowing what to do, I calmly (hysterically and in a panicking way) looked around and tried to think of what I should do. That is when a girl walked up to me and tried to ask me something about the construction paper. Somehow this lead to me showing a group how to make an origami fish. They seemed to really enjoy it and I didn't have to be kicked in the buttocks the whole time we were there (will explain later).
Other than that, the drama and crafts went smoothly and very well and the team soon left (though an hour late). We had a little bit of complication getting back in the United States, which I and many others indirectly blame on Rebecca (don't worry, we love her anyway), then ate at Moonlight this is me murmuring the last part of the restaurant's name. One thing to note is how well the older siblings took care of their brothers and sisters at the VBS.

Well, I now have to pack and take a shower and wage war on over sized, evil, mutated, ants. They are tricky, fast little buggers. Signing out.

Stephanie

P.S. Do you know which Stephanie I am? You never know, you might get it wrong on your first guess.