Team Gets Revenge...

Hello there! This is Kristen AGAIN for another blog of our day in Mexico.
Today was our last day working with the Children of the Dump. Tomorrow is our fun day so we had to say goodbye to all of our Mexican brothers who helped us at the work sites. It has been such a blast working with them. They almost made cleaning an abandoned house with random wild life in it seem like fun. And it was great seeing how even though they live in a different country we are all the same in Christ's eyes.
Now to be a little less serious, the team pulled a prank on Scott today. :) Scott is notoriuosly known for being the prankster of the team. On monday he put a fake lizard on my bag, he would take grass and run it across our legs and yell, "Snake!Snake!", he "lost" Lionel's shoe, and did other various jokes during the week. So don't think that the team all united against Scott un-provoked.
Yesterday Susan found a broken cleaver knife, so that if you put it up against you it looked like you were stabbed. This gave us a wonderful idea...
Today we set the stage for the prank. Susan took some Ketchup and the knife to the site today, which was another nursery to clean out. We went into the kitchen while Scott was outside and scattered pots and pans everywhere. Ann sat down and spread Ketchup all over her leg. On the count of three, Susan and I dropped a bunch of pots and pans on the ground and I let out a convincing shriek of terror. Scott and Lionel came running and found, in terror, Ann laying on the ground with a cleaver knife sticking out of her leg. I tried not to laugh as Scott ran for the pathetic little first aid kit and pulled out a 3 inch bandaid. Then Ann yelled: "Gotcha!" and we all started laughing. After looking confused for a second, Scott laughed and admitted that it was a funny joke. :)
We then continued to the next project which was ANOTHER nursery to clean. This thing was so filthy that after one look we said, "Where's the power washer?" We proceded to power wash the whole place; including the bed rooms and the bathrooms. We found some dead scorpians and ALOT of cockroaches. It was disgusting! However, we worked together and the place was completed in about 2 hours.
Lionel suffered another wound today. While Isreal was lifting up a ladder, he wacked Lionel on the head and he fell and with a thud he landed on the ground. We ran up to him to make sure he was okay and after a few minutes he seemed okay. We were confused because our Mexican brothers just sat and watched it happen. When we asked them about it they said, "Isn't this another joke?" And so we learned our lesson about playing jokes about people hurting themselves.
And Scott didn't help inside. He stayed on the roof and took pictures. :(In Scott's defense...he was told to stay on the roof and take surveillance photos of a car casing the joint....although he did complain alot about the heat....this is a side note from Ann).
After we completed our tasks, we said our last goodbyes to our new amigos. We went back to our hotel and cleaned up and then went shopping. I successfully learned to bargain with the Mexican vendors. I wanted something and he wanted 300 pesos for it. I said 150 and stayed there until at last the vendor let me have my price. A couple times I pretended to walk away until they ran after and came down on their price. I was so proud of myself.
One last thing: Today Daniel, one of the people helping us, brought some native fruits to try. I went out of my comfort zone and decided to try it. Fortunately for me, I washed it in purified water before I ate it. (fyi: It was gross.)He later came up to me and said, " I am so sorry! I washed it in our water here! I didn't think about how you can't drink the water!" I explained that I had washed it before I ate it and that no harm was done. But he kept on saying, "I'm so sorry! I could have killed you!" So I guess I was almost killed today....
So that was our day today. Tomorrow is our fun day and we will be four wheeling through the forest. It has been an awsome experience so far. God has been teaching us some lessons about being humble, working hard, and helping those less fortunate. We will be back in the states in 2 days! Adios!
P.S. Susan says to say that God made the sunset beautiful today, which was true. It just doesn't look like that in Michigan...