Today, was another day filled with travel and opportunities. We left the Eagles' Nest in Solola around 8:00am to travel even higher up into the mountains to the city of Quiche. Another drive filled with fun in the vans, interesting stops and breathtaking sites, resulted in us ending up at a large high school in the area and playing a short game against a few of their selected faculty members. Though they weren't able to challenge our guys for the entirety of the game, they put up a great effort and were a lot of fun to watch interact with our guys. Ryan spoke to the crowd gathered to watch us play and gave a great testimony about what God has been doing in his life. Afterwards, our guys were overrun by a throng of Guatemalan high schoolers wanting pictures and autographs.
Later that afternoon, we were invited back to the high school to watch a play being put on by professional actors for the students. Although it was in Spanish, all of the guys commented afterwards at how surprised they were at the quality of acting in such a small city in the mountains. Jaime later told us that one of the actors had been on Guatemalan TV a number of times as a professional actor. After the play, it was back to the hotel for some more rest and down time before our game at 7:30pm.
Jaime scheduled a game with a local team of select players in the large gym in town. Coach Horner decided to spice things up for this game by instituting some new roles. Ryan and Thomas were made the coaches for the game and De was given a whistle so he could assume the coveted role of referee. The game was a hard fought contest and the Preppies were able to pull out a close one to give Ryan and Thomas a career coaching win percentage of 100%. De gained a new found respect for referees and claims he "was better than any other ref that we've ever had." However, our guys had opinions of their own and De, as most officials, was given a hard time throughout. After the game, Josh was able to share his testimony with the opposing team and how God has brought him strength through times of trials.
The evening wrapped up with team time at the hotel and everyone gathering together to hear Jaime's testimony of how God changed his life and has used him continually for His kingdom for the last 30 years. Today, will is an exciting day for everyone. We are leaving Quiche in the next few minutes to head back to Lake Atitlan for some quick site seeing adventures and then off to Antigua for an afternoon of shopping and relaxation. Everyone is having a great time and the day of relaxation seems earned after all the travel, clinics and basketball but serving God has not made us weary and many of the guys wish there were more opportunities to love on the Guatemalan kids. Hopefully, we will have a strong internet connection in Antigua this evening so that I can share the pictures from today.
Adios
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