What Time is It?!?!?

I like sleep. That may just be me but I really enjoy my sleep. There is no such thing as a nap with me, at least with the definition of a nap being 10 to 20 minutes then waking up and feeling totally and completely rested. NOPE! If I were to take a nap it would be for as long as I could and when I wake up I still feel as if I should sleep more! SOO with this point being established, imagine me, the sleep lover, going to bed at midnight then waking up to Daniel’s (Cavanaugh) arms shaking me and going, “ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!” The time is 3:30 IN THE MORNING!!! WAY TOO EARLY TO BE WAKING UP!!! I stayed in my bed for as looong as possible!I think I ended actually getting out of bed at 4, we had to be out of bed dressed, completely packed, and ready to go by 4:15! I am very not happy! We all packed the rest of the bags in to the two suburbans and filed into the church’s 15 passenger van. We drove the 45 minute drive to the Miami International Airport.After we said good bye to my dad (Mr. Forman) and Amanda (Forman) we went and checked in our 21 suitcases. Then we got in the very long security line. WHO IS TRAVELING AT 5 OCLOCK IN THE MORNING?!!?! Besides us, lots of people. Finally, we got onto our plane, Avianca. After 4 hours of being in the air we landed in Bogota. We met up with some relatives of Drew and Amanda Gaddis and ate lunch with them in an airport restaurant. The food was REALLY good.After 6 hours of layover in Bogota we took off for Quito! Flying into Quito is so pretty but scary because the city is basically in a bowl of mountains. We then met Pastor Benjamin and drove to our host house, Casa de Padre. The house was beautiful! After eating sandwiches and cheetos at the house we had a team meeting. I was assigned to go pick up Amy from the airport, but I had to go early because another team was coming to the house from the airport at around 10. On the bus I got to have a good talk with Senora Monica. After the team from Open Air Evangelists came I stayed with Senor Rafael and waited for Amy. Her flight ended up being delayed plus a long line for immigration so she didn’t come out till about midnight! We finally drove back to the house for some much needed sleep! That night I woke up because my blakets had dropped on the floor so I was sleeping in 40 degree weather with a top sheet. AHHH! (Did I mention I am from Florida?) When I finally woke up I went down stairs to breakfast which consisted of eggs, bread, cereal, coffee, orange juice, and Yogurt stuff. Immediately following breakfast we had a team devotion on 1 Timothy 4. As we were about to leave when someone realized that the suitcase with all the stuff needed for the upcoming week that we had prepared the night before was gone! Senora Monica had accidentally taken it with the other team thinking it was supplies and was on her way out to the jungle! We drove to Pastor Benjamin’s Church. Pastor Benjamin had more than enough supplies for us to work with and he generously allowed us to use them.We all got on the bus and went to the church (not Pastor Benjamin’s) and set up for the kids program. We expected 150 kids and 20 showed up. Oh well, God changes plans. It was soo much fun! Daniel, Suzanna, and I were in charge of game team #1! We played rojo verde (red light green light), a balancing game, and a candy toss game. The character trait that we were working on was self-control. In large group Tim, Susanna, Elizabeth, Daniel, and I did a skit about a fish that lacked self-control and sang the Stand Alone song. I am learning more and more every day about trusting God no matter what may happens! I am especially going to need trust in God for strength for the rest of this trip because I could never keep up the energy without Him! I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!John for the team :DCrepes and Waffles in BogotaThe team lookJohn, Daniel (Fox), and Suzanna with Game Team 1Amy and Crystal with Game Team 2Nathaniel working with the kids on the Lesson TeamGo Orange!A story about self-control... from the perspective of one very curious fish (aka Tim).The crazy fish