This is not a joke: The Best Day of My Life.

Loved Ones:
Today I did my first staff build. This was absolutely great and so so great. Apparently it was so great that I cannot even muster up vocab. So this might take some of your creativity.
Our truck ran out of gas on the way to the build, but I stayed in the car with Rosario (the mother who leads us to the build in our truck with the groupo following us to the site) and she was so inquisitive and we mutually helped eachother speak.
So As a staff member, you....dont do much physical work. I learned a lot for the next build, to tell people what to do and where to hammer, buuuuut im alomost positive I only put in about 15 nails. sad
OK ok, so we built, finished blah blah (after eating the best hamburgers I have put in my mouth ever) And the family offered to take us to a lake that was about 15 min. away. Umm...yes?
So here is where the day just gets super.
As if my spanish skillz haphazerdly kicking in wasnt enough, Brenda (the 14 year old daughter) clung to me. I am not a touchy person.
This immediately turns into a personality stretching story.
We get out of the car and she grabs my hand as we walk for 10 min. down the mountain and it looks like a scum pond. I was doubting her repitition of the word "limpio" on the ride there. unitl...
we turn this corner and the entry to the lake is surrounded by huge mountains and reeds and yes, the water is limpio. Muy Limpio. I told Brenda that I planned on not swimming. However, her mom brought plenty of towles and extra shorts. Perfect.
Yes I had to change behind a bush in the dirt with a Mexican girl I just met named Brenda.
I was not...annoyed, but uncomfortable. I asked God to stretch me and do whatever necessary to change me this summer. He answers prayers.
I honestly believed that here with the staff is a place where I would "belong" or "fit in" most, being that we would mostly come here for reasons that were the same, or have the same love for Christ. But it was the second the I dove in the lake with Brenda...the person I felt so uncomfortable with, that I really did belong.
I realized that going out of our way for a few hours, maybe being completely shoved out of our comfort zones, gives them a glimpze of real love and ultimately Christ, and that is when it became the best day of my life. Because I found true joy.
We stayed in for about 20 min and I taught her how to swim! I never use exclaimation points, I really meant that one. I was super exctied.
So, here at Caravan you can "adpot a family" which means you visit them, bring them a gift, and just spend time with them while being Jesus to them. So...I decided to adpot the family we did a build for. Im going to try and visit them when I have free time next and hopefully it works out good.
Ill keep you posted.
If you have any questions orwant to talk about how amazing the tacos are ...I cant remember If I ever put my e-mail on here. But here it is.
Jarcomb@gmail.com