We were expecting to work at the orphanage that morning digging and planting trees again, but, since we completed all the work yesterday, after breakfast at McDonalds (we were low on cash and it was the only place that took credit card), we went to the orphanage to hang out. The orphanage is out of town very close to the border (we could see the wall). Because we wanted a good workout we played 3v3 on a small fenced in basketball court then went for a jog. The only open space was a trail we found in the desert. It had a kind of beauty I'd never seen before. We took it easy because of the sun, stumbled across a park, then hopped a fence and took a dirt road back to the orphanage.
Lunch was a taco stand for Joe and Zach and myself and Domino’s for the rest (also took credit card). The tacos were great, but I think gave us a bit of the revenge. Dinner was back at Hanks for some poolside ribs, Polish sausage and fillet mignon.
Christianese: Hank was an interesting character. The first day, when we first met him, he was already drunk and after his first sentence of introduction and welcome he spent the rest of his sentences expounding his worldview. It was something like, "I know you are Christians and you believe this… but I believe…" A blunt welcome ;) We didn’t respond much because the alcohol took way his ears and made his mouth bigger. People listened because he was rich, but he also was very interesting. Money has made his life very different then what most people experience. He has different problems, interests and abilities. Though the jist of what he said was common. He thought that he was a good person and that was ok for him. He kept saying this and saying this like he was trying to convince himself but knew it wasn’t true. And it wasn’t, God never asks us to act "good enough" but to be forgiven. Then with his strength we change. Ephesians 2:8-10.
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