Jornada - Day Two 21st July

We all rose at around 9am the following morning to begin activities at 10am. Breakfast was bread, traditionally Chilean with jam.

we began in the large room with a game. It was freezing but we got the fire going and we all huddles around it. It was interesting playing a game with all the rules explained to you in Spanish. It makes it rather exciting.

We had a long day of reflection and meditation but i had a really good time. Normally its not my thing but we had some large discussions on poverty, our work and our purpose, it was very interesting to hear other peoples experiences and compare them to my own.

After a few deep discussions in the morning it began to snow, which was very pretty.

During our free time in the afternoon, Team Man aka Brian, Seth and Luke decided it was perfect weather to go for a dip in the green pool outside. It had been snowing all day, I didn't even touch the water for fear my finger would snap off. But that didn't stop them, the three of them stripped down outside and leaped in. Everyone gathered for the event and after returned to the warm house where we played cards, while the boys tried to warm up by the fire.

Then we played some Team building activities. We had to get a partner, I ended up with D man. And one of us had the lead the other blindfolded. I led D man first and as we don't have a common language it was rather quiet and i went slowly as there was an obstacle course to get through. D man wanted to go faster so when i was blindfolded he decided to race me through the room. My life flashed before me! I was quite petrified. So not an incredible amount of trust was built there. Next we played an island game and it was interesting as it brought out quite a few frustrations and leaders in the group. we all had to get on an island of paper to save other people but the rules were all jumbled and we kept making mistakes but i had a lot of fun. One thing we lost was our personal bubble as many times we were hugging each other or stepping on each other to stay balanced so that was a lot of fun.

After the day, Tiffany, Chrystal and i helped prepare dinner and Janneke cut up one potent onion which sent the three of us into a tear fest which was quite funny.

We had a BBQ but because it was snowing, it seemed to take a little longer to cook the meat and considering the meat was very thick slabs they we rent cooked through so we all ate the edges but there was plenty to go round.

After that Tiffany, Lauren, Luke and I got a table and began a very long game of cards. We played a game called Pounce or Nerds depends on what state you are in in the US. It lasted from 11pm till about 3am everyone else went to bed but we soldiered on by the fire. By the time i got to bed my stomach muscles were very sore from laughing and I was buggered from a long day.