Day Five: Last day at "Little" Ascencion

This morning, I found it extremely difficult to wake up.  It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do!  I guess hard labor will do that to you.  Once I finally got up, I could smell the aroma of the amazing food our wonderful cooks had prepared for us.  The meals here have yet to disappoint.  When we finished our meal of eggs, fruit, and this really good bread, we prepared to leave for our final day at Little Ascencion.  My job this week at VBS was story crew.  I, along with Alice, Tim, and Emily, acted out the daily story.  When that finished, I would move along to whatever station needed my assistance.  Today's story was about the calming of the seas.  To go along with the story, we had fun snacks and crafts planned for the kids.  In snack, they made sailboats.  The boat was made of half of an apple.  The post was made out of a pretzel, and the sail was made out of cheese.  Pretty clever, don't ya think?!  In arts and crafts, the kids got their tye-dyed t-shirts from the day before, along with a bracelet. They also got to color.  It was pretty awesome!  The snacks and crafts for this week have been pretty amazing!  Following the usual activities of VBS, we put on a "carnival" for the kids.  We had a fishing station (curtain fishing of course!), tattoo station (with a professional tattoo artist and everything :)), bubbles, and just hanging out.  It was a little sad to see the kids go because I feel we have made such wonderful bonds with them even though we may speak a completely different language.  A meal was prepared for us after the kids departed.  As usual, it was phenomenal!  Once lunch was done, we got our work shoes on and made the transition into construction.  For the past two days, I have smashed concrete.  Which, might I add, is a very satisfying activity.  However, today, I decided to move to the rebar area with Holly.  Although it hurt my hands, it was great to meet such cool people.  The workers are so friendly and they love to listen to Holly and me sing.  Holly and I jammed out to "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction.  I believe Mrs. Foy even got a video of our jam session.  Holly and I continued our hard work until the close of business at 4.  We made the trek back to the Diocesan House and everyone raced to make it to the showers as soon as possible.  We all relaxed until we left the house again at 6:30.  We left to go to a dinner hosted at our missionary Eduardo Monzon's house.  That was the BEST chicken pie I have ever had.  (Sorry, Mom)  We all had fun just talking to some of the local people.  After dinner, they showed us the future plans for the church we have been working on.  They have some amazing dreams.  I can NOT wait to see what everything turns out to look like.  I am off to bed because we have an early morning in store for us.

Jackson Massey, 16