WEDNESDAY NIGHT!

So it's Aaron again, a.k.a. Big Dog (more on that later),
After lunch today, we prepared for the VBS packets that we are handing out tomorrow. We worked together to prepare the craft and then we formed an assembly line to make the bags for the snacks.
Tonight for dinner we went to a polish place called Polish Village Cafe. As we walked downstairs to the main part of the restaurant, you could feel the vibe: awesomeness. As I was browsing the menu and saw the word "kielbasa", my Hungarian blood started rushing through me. Kielbasa, sauerkraut,

mashed potatoes, green beans, and a soup of choice; and one caught my interest: "duck blood soup." I tasted it, and that's as far as I got. I had a couple sips, and it became too strong. The rest of the food was amazing. We also had pierogis, which were good.
After we scarfed down all that food, we went to the park. We thought there would only be a few people and we would have to ask people if they wanted to join, but we couldn't be more wrong. It was so crowded and we had to ask if we could join in games. Jack and Carlton got in games of soccer and did okay, despite being way overmatched. Everyone else was so much bigger and better, I'm proud of them they did so well.
Then it came to the main games. Payton, Brooklyn, Jack, and I got in a game of volleyball and it was super fun. We were probably playing for like an hour. Everyone else welcomed us in really well and we started to fit in well. A little while into playing, we earned our street cred and got nicknames. Me (Big Dog) and Jack (Little Dog) got going together. Along with Payton, Brooklyn, and this really awesome guy we met named Omar, we won like 4 games in a row and it was really

fun.
One thing that was interesting though, as we were walking back to our car, we walked past a skinny white Christian speaking fluent Arabic and having a theological argument with a group of muslims, and it was starting to get heated. But it was really interesting to see that.
On to the next day,

Peace

WEDNESDAY MORNING!

Hi everybody!! Its Brooklyn Hehe. My Dad is forcing me to blog about our day today so I guess I have no choice. So this morning I woke up like 10 minutes late (oops) because I was just so tired and couldn't stay awake. We had breakfast sandwiches for breakfast. Very yummy. Then after breakfast I took a quick 10 minute nap before our quiet time devotions. We are studying the first three chapters of Revelation this trip so we all read a passage from there. After devotions, once again, I took a nap hehe. Then we had another devotion with one of the pastors at International Hope Center. He told us about all these stories from when he did part of his theological studying in Jerusalem. DAD CAN U WRITE THE STORIES ABT JERUSALEM I FORGET THEM.* After devotion, surprise surprise, I took another nap. But this one was the best of all. Then Papa woke me up because we had to start

heading down to our work place. Today, we went to a church in Detroit called True Worship Church. We weeded and took down a lot of the trees that were growing into the Air Conditioning cages. It was pretty fun, definitely one of my favorite mission trip jobs (I really don't know why though). After we were all done, the pastors of the church gave us a tour. The church was SO cool!!! It was very big and had a basketball court, a BIG kitchen, and so many rooms. As you probably can assume, we all played basketball in the gym. We ended up playing a game of knockout and I ALMOST WON but Aaron beat me grrrr. Alright so that's basically all that happened this morning. See you later:)
- Brooklyn

P.S- Gillian if you're reading this, the mission is in action.

*Brett's note: Hehe!