Adventure Day--Act now, think later...

Hey everybody,
Today's Sunday, and did we ever have an adventure-filled day!
For church this morning we headed into the barrio. Before church started, a few of us played volleyball with some local kids/teens. Service began with a couple Spanish worship songs, which included a beautiful Spanish rendition of "I Can Only Imagine". My favorite part of the service was the down-to-earth message that the Pastor John Cox shared with us and the translation from English to Spanish, so beautiful- thanks to Beth (Julio's wife) :)From church we came back to camp for a quick lunch and then headed on our great adventure! Julio drove us on a crazy ride through the mountains, around crazy twists and turns, thankfully no one got car sick in our big van. We busted out to some good ol' Back Street Boys (Ryan even "rocked his body, right!")We arrived and hiked to a magnificent hidden cave. We all ventured through the cave with our flashlights like little explorers, or "spelunkers" as we like to call ourselves :) During this adventure we had a furry little companion that followed us on our journey. We called him cave dog (cueva perro) - he was a brave and loyal friend. The second cave we ventured through opened up to a window view at the edge of a cliff that was just speechless. We spent time taking pictures, admiring God's creation and realizing just how small we are and just how BIG He really is!!
Our next adventure took us to yet another cliff, only this time we were jumping off of it! The rain forest welcomed us with rushing waters and a daring double- 2 ledges, one 20 feet and the other 35. Some were hesitant, some jumped right off, but everyone received cheers of encouragement once they dared to step off the ledge and plunge like a pencil deep into the waters. This was an unbelievable experience that took a lot of courage and resulted in major adrenaline rushes.From "The Jump" we traveled to an authentic Puerto Rican restaurant, called the StarLight, where we met Jim and Beth (from camp). We enjoyed a wide variety of new foods such as octopus and conch. Some of us got tricked into ordering a drink called "Malta" - this was not a favorite to say the least.

Tasting Octopus & Conch

Overall today was fantastic! At the end of each day we gather for Devos and a debriefing time where everyone shares their high point and low point for the day. For today, we all agreed that everything about today was a "high". Between experiencing God's beauty, being adventurous, and feeling like we're on an episode of Fear Factor, today was a great day to be in the land of Puerto Rico!

Tomorrow starts our week of work- can't wait! Two other teams arrived today, one of which will be helping us here at camp.
This place is beautiful and we are so blessed to be here!
Thanks for your continued prayers.
We miss you all.
love in Christ,
kaylie :)


--ps. We love comments from those of you back home, so keep 'em up!!
--pps. Missing you mom, dad, mags, susa, & brandon of course :)