Bad and Good

Bad: Monday morning we found out that all of Cassie´s clothes that she washed, and everything else of our roomies´and our stuff that got wet (from tribe day and from washing) mildewed because the humidity wouldn´t let it dry.  Oh, except for my sandals (whew - I´d hate to have to mess with those).
Good: Last night´s total salvation count for this trip so far was 950 exactly. :D *party*
Hmmm, what did we do yesterday?  Oh, yeah!

Random quote:  "This is why I have abs of pudding cups." - Kennedy (Evil Magician)

Monday, team 6 went to a school in the morning to perform the drama.  The area was pretty sketch, so we had a police escort and weren´t allowed to leave the big group.  Apparently, several gangs tote guns around that area and rob people, but we didn´t have any trouble, thank God.
The first drama went well.  I don´t know how many people accepted Christ.  Then we walked (yes, we were walking through this area) back to the bus for lunch.  Four of the people on the team are allergic to nuts, and one guy, Cameron (Toymaker), is so allergic that if he´s near someone eating our standard PB&J fare, his throat starts to close on him.  He really has a problem when we eat in the bus, so one of the translators and one of the leaders were going to take him outside to a relatively sheltered stairway while the rest of us ate, but his sister freaked out because he started talking about how "cool" it would be to get caught in a gang war.  She made such a fuss he ended up staying on the bus.
After lunch, we walked back to the school (with the police escort, and all the guys watching out) and did the drama for the afternoon crowd.  (Apparently, the school has a morning session and an afternoon session with totally different students.)  I went around with a girl named Megan (Mime) and a translator named Luis.  Megan did most of the talking, for everyone we talked to, but I did some for the second.  The first person was all ready a Christian.  The second group (four) hadn´t understood the drama, and Megan explained it to them, with me explaining the parts she couldn´t figure out how to phrase.  After the drama was explained, the girls were so excited to ask Jesus into their hearts!  Megan couldn´t figure out how to start leading them in the sinner´s prayer, so I started and Megan jumped in when she figured out what came next.  After that, I played "don´t let the beach ball touch the ground" with a group of very rowdy boys and a couple teammates.  It was a blast!  Games like that totally cross the language barrier, so that´s always fun. :)
After walking back to the bus (again without incident) we decided to find some place for ice cream, and after finding a Dairy Queen (it´s amazing how many US restaurants are down here) the guys announced they wanted to pay for the ladies´ ice cream.  :)  It was so sweet!  I got a Crunch Blizzard.  I had no idea how much I´d been craving ice cream until I had some!
Today we were supposed to go to a Catholic school, and then to a market (both for doing the drama), but the Catholic school wouldn´t let us in because some people (a lot, actually) were wearing shorts.  So instead of going straight to the market, we went to a park and did the drama there for a large group of kids.  Almost all of them got saved! :D
We ate lunch at the park, then went to the market.  We were only allowed 30 minutes at the market, so we went in and set up quickly, and started the drama right away.  After performing the drama on a very dirty brick street, I - by default of being the only one there - was assigned to watch our water bottles (we had left our backpacks on the bus with the bus driver).  Apparently, this area was pretty sketch too, because our leaders had the guys keep a close eye on us, and one of the translators had to rescue a LIT who got caught in a brawl two drunks got into.
Don´t worry too much, Mom and Dad.  We´ve got Cameron on our team.  He is by far the most protective guy I have ever met.  This drunk/high/something-not-right guy was walking in my direction, and Cameron´s face got his "guardian look".  He stood next to me and watched the guy until he knew I was safe, then moved off to protect some of the other girls, while still keeping an eye on me.  If I had an older brother, I´d want him to be just like that.  All the girls agree that having Cameron there makes us feel much safer.
So now we´re back early.  There really wasn´t any place else for us to go.  I´m gonna go to the bathroom and get my stuff ready for tomorrow.  Monkey Island and Arial Tram Ride, here I come!  I can´t wait for the break day tomorrow.  It´ll be a blast!
Catch you guys later!