First full team day

Well, today was interesting. I got up this morning in time for breakfast and ate a mango muffin. It was good. Then we had quite time. After that we had a session. I didn't go though because I had to help get things ready for our activities. After the session, we had a game time where we had four different games that the team played.

The first game, I don't remember the name but it involved a balance beam. Basically, the team members (numbering 7: Alton, Quinn and Ben; Alex, Sydney, Chloe, and Brynn) all stood on the beam and then they had to completely reverse the order they were standing in. The catch was that Libby, Beth and Hailey (in charge) could give different orders that hindered their progress; aka they had to sing everything, say banana after each word, only use certain limbs, not talk etc. It was pretty hilarious especially because they kept having to start over because someone would fall off. Yeah...

Then was the game I was in charge of. We all went down to the beach and we did a relay race that basically consisted of them running backwards down the beach a ways to the broom stick and spinning around it 17 & 1/2 times and then running back and tagging the next person. It was a hoot to watch.

The next game is hard to explain but basically, there was four tires that were tied together in an x shape. An object was placed at each of the four corners a ways away from the tire. A person gets in each of the tires and tries to get to their object first. It was really crazy because the beach is made of really shifty sand. I tried it and scraped myself up pretty good. It was funnish...

The last game was this strange wheelbarrow race. The wheelbarrow part of the equation had to carry a cup of water in their mouth and dump it into a bucket. Yeah... I didn't really watch that one too much. I was busy washing off my feet in the ocean.

The real fun came when we all walked back to base. A bunch of people filled water balloons (I helped) and then pelted the team as they returned. It turned into a water war. It was fun and wet. Everyone and everything was soaked.

Then this afternoon, we taught them the three songs and two skits that they are going to use on outreach. I think they enjoyed learning them and I know I enjoyed watching them learn them.

This evening, at the session, we performed the Passion Play. It is a tradition of YWAM. I am tired right now so I will tell about the play on a different day.

G'night! Abi