CONCERT TOMORROW!
Where: Interstate 29 (could possibly change)
When: 9:00am-4:00pm
Starring: Avril Lavigne (also known as Brett Laugen)
T.I. (formerly known as Tim Anderson)
Alicia Keys (you may know her as Em Anderson)
Kanye West (some call him Trav)
The Grammy award winning backseat singers (kris and kady)
Cost: $20 in pesos
You really won't want to miss this!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
You tell us if you think Travis is funny...
So...Travis likes to tell jokes...he apparently thinks they are hysterical...but us on the other hand are trying to convince him otherwise...we need some outside input...
Trav: "Wanna know why I hate spaghetti?"
Us: staring with blank looks
Supposedly, the funny punch line: "Because I can't eat 1000 of one thing!"
Yes we know, its terrible.
signed TF
Trav: "Wanna know why I hate spaghetti?"
Us: staring with blank looks
Supposedly, the funny punch line: "Because I can't eat 1000 of one thing!"
Yes we know, its terrible.
signed TF
Hola! I'm sure that you have all missed us. We are currently in Kansas City after a full day of travel. After some games of intense signs, most of the troops have gone to bed, but the trip leader, Timeteo, and the tortugas fuertes are still up. Too bad there is no basketball hoop so that the Tortugas could show Timeteo how it's done in 21.
Anywho, yesterday was a muy triste (very sad) day for all of us. The afternoon was wrapped up with the kids at the church. We sang some songs, danced, shared some great insights, and left the children with a few small gifts.
Then came the hard part: saying good-bye.
Lets just say that I was bawling. Literally. It was so hard to say good-bye to the kids after such a great week and getting to know each of them. I seriously will miss each of their smiles, their laughs, and being greeted by them every morning with joy. I think we each feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to be a part of their lives on this trip, we will never forget them!
We still have 7 hours until we are home, so we better get some sleep! So goodnight and can't wait to see all of you!
Anywho, yesterday was a muy triste (very sad) day for all of us. The afternoon was wrapped up with the kids at the church. We sang some songs, danced, shared some great insights, and left the children with a few small gifts.
Then came the hard part: saying good-bye.
Lets just say that I was bawling. Literally. It was so hard to say good-bye to the kids after such a great week and getting to know each of them. I seriously will miss each of their smiles, their laughs, and being greeted by them every morning with joy. I think we each feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to be a part of their lives on this trip, we will never forget them!
We still have 7 hours until we are home, so we better get some sleep! So goodnight and can't wait to see all of you!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Waterworld....
Much to our surpise, it didn't take us too long to find out that it gets pretty hot in Juarez in the summer months. After hours in the sun and heat over the course of five days, we calculated that the next best thing after a 5-minute "Show-and-Tel" by Kady or some 5-Star Entertainment from Papa Bear "OSO" would be a surprise aqua-break for the kids.
Midway through our stations this morning, Kristen (our fluent speaker) had the kids line up. The kids were told to close their eyes and imagine the story that unfolded as Kristen spoke. Quietly, coaches armed and ready with buckets of water crept up behind the kids. When rain came into the story-line, they were greeted with a face-ful of water. They're drenched.....and they LOVED IT!
We're about ready to eat our last meal here, which I am sure is going to be AMAZING like always. We've got only a few short hours left here, but we pray that God's love continues to shine in and through Emmanuel Children's Home. They are SUCH a blessing to these kids!
Thanks for all the prayer and support!
Tim & the crew.....
Midway through our stations this morning, Kristen (our fluent speaker) had the kids line up. The kids were told to close their eyes and imagine the story that unfolded as Kristen spoke. Quietly, coaches armed and ready with buckets of water crept up behind the kids. When rain came into the story-line, they were greeted with a face-ful of water. They're drenched.....and they LOVED IT!
We're about ready to eat our last meal here, which I am sure is going to be AMAZING like always. We've got only a few short hours left here, but we pray that God's love continues to shine in and through Emmanuel Children's Home. They are SUCH a blessing to these kids!
Thanks for all the prayer and support!
Tim & the crew.....
tortugas fuertes!
Hola! It is 3:04 on Friday morning and we are officially the last ones up just as we had planned. No one mess with the tortugas fuertes! :) But no one is more shocked than us that we are both awake after such a crazy day....some of the days events included...
1) a CARNIVAL! In the afternoon we set up stations in the church of carnival games; can knock-down, face-painting, tattoos, bowling, treasure hunt, pin the tail, and relays. And of course Dale's balloon animals. The kids seemed to absolutely love it! They loved the prizes, we even saw one kid drink a bottle of bubbles!
2) a drive downtown! 3 curb checks, one blown stop sign, and two near collisions with buses, Dale and Laura got us "safely" to our destination. We had the chance to walk the streets of downtown Juarez looking for hottest peppers that we could find and of course Kevin needed his gummies!
3) dance party! All of us girls got our groove on with the girls in the home to crazy Spanish raggeton and thriller....please ask Em to teach you the dance, she's a stud! Was so great to see all of the kids let loose and be goofy!
4) Signs and horse! A typical night in Juarez. Some struggled to keep their eyes open however we are always there to wake them up with a basketball to the head.
Seriously can't believe its our last day. The week has flown by and we don't feel ready to leave. We're already preparing ourselves for a hard goodbye tomorrow which means we should probably get some sleep.
Hopefully this made sense as we are hardly able to keep our eyes open, but buenas noches and duerme con angeles!
signed tortugas fuertes (kady and kristen)
1) a CARNIVAL! In the afternoon we set up stations in the church of carnival games; can knock-down, face-painting, tattoos, bowling, treasure hunt, pin the tail, and relays. And of course Dale's balloon animals. The kids seemed to absolutely love it! They loved the prizes, we even saw one kid drink a bottle of bubbles!
2) a drive downtown! 3 curb checks, one blown stop sign, and two near collisions with buses, Dale and Laura got us "safely" to our destination. We had the chance to walk the streets of downtown Juarez looking for hottest peppers that we could find and of course Kevin needed his gummies!
3) dance party! All of us girls got our groove on with the girls in the home to crazy Spanish raggeton and thriller....please ask Em to teach you the dance, she's a stud! Was so great to see all of the kids let loose and be goofy!
4) Signs and horse! A typical night in Juarez. Some struggled to keep their eyes open however we are always there to wake them up with a basketball to the head.
Seriously can't believe its our last day. The week has flown by and we don't feel ready to leave. We're already preparing ourselves for a hard goodbye tomorrow which means we should probably get some sleep.
Hopefully this made sense as we are hardly able to keep our eyes open, but buenas noches and duerme con angeles!
signed tortugas fuertes (kady and kristen)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Perfect Storm (read the book, better than the movie.)
Tonight the plan was to play with the kids. Instead we got RAINED on HARD. Bad news: can't play with the kids. Good news: It's now like 70 degrees instead of 105.
New plan:
Laura, Steve, and Kevin (little,) sang a worship song about rain. Very appropriate, and muy bonito.
Katherine, Kady, and Krista did 8 minute abs.
Tim and I chewed a combined 25 pieces of bubble gum. dale put them in his mouth and chewed them also.
Brett called his girlfriend.
Kevin (big) sipped on some coke (freshly bottled)
Carla watched Dale make balloon animals. He is good. He is now trying to build a house out of balloons that he can fit in. Remember he is 7 feet tall.
Ems been wearing a ridiculous hat (made out of balloons) with a flower stuck in it. She seems pretty good.
Where did Kristen go. Don't know where she is at. But she can speak spanish so no worries.
Anyways thats the newest update. We are all bummed that we can't hang out with the kids, but are looking forward to 1 last day with them. please keep us in your prayers as we try and finish the week strong, and hope that some of the things we've done with the kids stick with them.
Signed: Travis.
New plan:
Laura, Steve, and Kevin (little,) sang a worship song about rain. Very appropriate, and muy bonito.
Katherine, Kady, and Krista did 8 minute abs.
Tim and I chewed a combined 25 pieces of bubble gum. dale put them in his mouth and chewed them also.
Brett called his girlfriend.
Kevin (big) sipped on some coke (freshly bottled)
Carla watched Dale make balloon animals. He is good. He is now trying to build a house out of balloons that he can fit in. Remember he is 7 feet tall.
Ems been wearing a ridiculous hat (made out of balloons) with a flower stuck in it. She seems pretty good.
Where did Kristen go. Don't know where she is at. But she can speak spanish so no worries.
Anyways thats the newest update. We are all bummed that we can't hang out with the kids, but are looking forward to 1 last day with them. please keep us in your prayers as we try and finish the week strong, and hope that some of the things we've done with the kids stick with them.
Signed: Travis.
The Rock....
While "The Rock" may have many meanings, including Jesus Christ, a fantastic movie featuring Nicolas Cage (about his only good movie, by the way), or an entertainer even worse at acting than he is at wrestling, today we were enlightened by the children on a new perspective on "The Rock".
When your friend or loved one gets home, ask them to play Rock, Paper, Scissors--Juarez style. It may leave you blushing, but it's well worth it. It's going to sweep through the Midwest like a blazing hot fire, yo.....
Be on the watch!
When your friend or loved one gets home, ask them to play Rock, Paper, Scissors--Juarez style. It may leave you blushing, but it's well worth it. It's going to sweep through the Midwest like a blazing hot fire, yo.....
Be on the watch!
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