We had a long day ahead of us so we rested after. We sat and talked back at the MTC (where we stay. Right next to the CRC separated by a wall), it got pretty funny. I think we were all getting a little crazy at this point. Our team was gelling really nicely. I have been on a couple mission teams but this one was really special and extremely fun. We left for New Years Eve service at 10. I didn't understand a word that was said the whole 2 hours we were there but the dancing and singing was nice. They speak Krio and English in Sierra Leone and at this point I couldn't tell if the sermon was in Krio or it was just the thick accent. We all danced up our offering and gave 6000 leone's each ($1.50). People really have fun dancing with the offerings even though most of them have so little. Really makes you think. Towards midnight, I was pretty exhausted. Memunatu and Faidu took turns sleeping on my lap during service. They were out cold. We celebrated at midnight and walked as a group back to the CRC to say goodnight. We were pretty out of it, so the guys stayed up laughing in bed. It got kind of out of hand, the girls had to tell us to shut up like 3 times. But really it was our team leader Tim that kept us going. Another team staying with us even slammed their door a couple times...oops.
The New Year
December 31, 2011. Our second day of VBS. It was the same as usual, we watched another 15 mintues of Hermie, and divided into our stations. When we first arrived at the CRC, we were told that everything the kids did during the ceremony, we would be performing for them on Saturday (today). I was a little worried considering they were wearing grass skirts, painted in white clay and were dancing like crazy (definitely not me). But apparently the girls would be the ones in the grass skirts and we just had to play the drums. Our beat was sub-par to say the least but the girls did a great job dancing. Then of course...it was the guys turn to dance, I really did not want to join in but had no choice. Turns out guys dancing in Africa isn't too embarrassing, its more like defensive basketball drills. We chopped our feet and occasionally threw our arms up haha, it was pretty weird.
We had a long day ahead of us so we rested after. We sat and talked back at the MTC (where we stay. Right next to the CRC separated by a wall), it got pretty funny. I think we were all getting a little crazy at this point. Our team was gelling really nicely. I have been on a couple mission teams but this one was really special and extremely fun. We left for New Years Eve service at 10. I didn't understand a word that was said the whole 2 hours we were there but the dancing and singing was nice. They speak Krio and English in Sierra Leone and at this point I couldn't tell if the sermon was in Krio or it was just the thick accent. We all danced up our offering and gave 6000 leone's each ($1.50). People really have fun dancing with the offerings even though most of them have so little. Really makes you think. Towards midnight, I was pretty exhausted. Memunatu and Faidu took turns sleeping on my lap during service. They were out cold. We celebrated at midnight and walked as a group back to the CRC to say goodnight. We were pretty out of it, so the guys stayed up laughing in bed. It got kind of out of hand, the girls had to tell us to shut up like 3 times. But really it was our team leader Tim that kept us going. Another team staying with us even slammed their door a couple times...oops.
We had a long day ahead of us so we rested after. We sat and talked back at the MTC (where we stay. Right next to the CRC separated by a wall), it got pretty funny. I think we were all getting a little crazy at this point. Our team was gelling really nicely. I have been on a couple mission teams but this one was really special and extremely fun. We left for New Years Eve service at 10. I didn't understand a word that was said the whole 2 hours we were there but the dancing and singing was nice. They speak Krio and English in Sierra Leone and at this point I couldn't tell if the sermon was in Krio or it was just the thick accent. We all danced up our offering and gave 6000 leone's each ($1.50). People really have fun dancing with the offerings even though most of them have so little. Really makes you think. Towards midnight, I was pretty exhausted. Memunatu and Faidu took turns sleeping on my lap during service. They were out cold. We celebrated at midnight and walked as a group back to the CRC to say goodnight. We were pretty out of it, so the guys stayed up laughing in bed. It got kind of out of hand, the girls had to tell us to shut up like 3 times. But really it was our team leader Tim that kept us going. Another team staying with us even slammed their door a couple times...oops.
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