Yesterday was the Sabbath and I guess I didn’t have time to write in my journal. The baptisms were today. There were 32 people who got baptized. It was an all day event. There must have been close to 150 people there to watch. I was on crowd control with the niños, children. It was done inside the church with a big kiddy pool as the baptism tank. I love hanging around the little kids and quite enjoy playing the games were they say something (or point somewhere) and say it in Spanish, then ask “como se dice?”,”How do you say that?”, and I’m able to say the word in English. That game could go on for hours. By the time church was done, it was around 3:30 p.m.  We made hay stacks for lunch, keeping the Adventist tradition alive.  At night we had game time when all the children and some parents came to play games, all the games consisted of music and motions of sorts.  Every game we made a huge circle and would stand. There were about 70 people and 20 would go in the middle. When the music started, they would run in circles like sardines in the middle. When the music would reach a certain part, you would stop too and pick a person to do a little jig, or the “quack quack” dance, etc. The person in the middle would switch places with the person chosen and the whole process would start over again.  It was fun; I burnt a lot of calories because I was always chosen.  It was a good day.

Lindsey Hawkins

Nursing Team