First, breakfast at 7am: it included an omelet (with onions cooked in) with fried french fry potatoes along with bread and jam. We we're all feeling this breakfast a lot more than the hotdog from yesterday, so we ate up!
We headed to Binong village at 730am. Today is an Indonesian national holiday, so no one is in school. It also made for a very busy day in the village, full of people and cars. See pictures below for how close we get to cars in this village, the road is very tight!
When we finally made it to the school, we got to work on painting the lines of the court. The contractors did a lot of the work before we got there so it made for a pretty easy day. At first it was a bit overcast which was so nice as we weren't drenched in sweat. But pretty soon the clouds parted and the sun was shining bright. As usual we had rivers of sweat flowing down our legs, back, chest, etc etc! We finished the lines and they look amazing. We're excited to present it to the school on Saturday afternoon.
This is how close we get to cars in the Binong village!! Practically touching!
Mmmmmmm hanging fish in 90 degree heat!
Painting lines!
Contractors working hard with us!
Emily playing with the little kids!Disclaimer: This photo was taken by thee Marty Z. He worked really hard at getting this, dodging the fogging!
The surrounding area including the school was fogged to kill bugs. Needless to say, it smelt extremely gross...and it probably wasn't the safest thing for us to breath in! We lived though...and saw many cockroaches come out afterwards!
The finished project, so fresh and so clean looking!
Yes yes, another team picture of course!After leaving Binong village, we headed to the mall near UPH for lunch. Apparently we got some Indonesian delight, I can't remember the place though. It included white rice, fried shrimp, beef with onions, and I think fried chicken wrap thing. We only had a little bit of time to rest before we headed to our camp. Some people took advantage of this by sneaking in a little cat nap or got themselves some Starbucks.
Today was our last day with our SPH camp girls! It was a normal hot day in Jakarta, but I really feel like our bodies are acclimating to this heat which has been nice. For our last day we wanted to work on tactical stuff with the girls, getting them familiar with specific aspects in soccer rather than broad fundamentals (although we all know the fundamentals are key!). We've enjoyed getting to know the girls throughout the week. We've really seen a huge difference in their play from the beginning of the week till Thursday; we're very proud! At the end of camp, we did a full field scrimmage. They really put into action the fundamentals we taught to them throughout the week which was so nice to see.
The coaches showing how to do a drill. Shannon in action in this photo!
Working on wall passes!
Amanda and Kaity Men working on moves!
We saw a few new creatures today: above Katie was this huge lizard with an interesting run/skip. We also met a nice little frog that Melissa seemed to get along well with.
The refs for the full field scrimmage. Kacie sporting Marty's hat as it started to rain at the end of camp! I believe they got ref's of the week after the game, that's debatable though.
ANOTHER TEAM PICTURE?! Sure, why not!
The pretty coaches!We had a pretty long break from camp till dinner which included long showers, resting, hanging out at Times (where I'm blogging from), resting, etc etc. Dinner included french fries, tomato soup, a suasage/salami meatloaf-ish, sweat rolls (which were AMAZINGGG), and a summer salad. After dinner, we headed to the BK Lounge for some sundaes and ice cream cones. It was a good ending to a long day of work!
Happy Birthday to Kaitlyn McLaughlin. We're so excited to celebrate your birth with you today! The birthday girl went shopping at the mall after dinner. We love you!
Also, Miranda made it home safely and soundly. She had 2 bowls of cereal this morning at 5am her time (yes, we're a little jealous!).
Tomorrow includes another camp at the Lentera school we taught English at. We're excited to see the cute little kids again and teach them a little bit of our specialty!
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