The Trip

The trip started with two days of drama training. It was really fun but hard to remember all the details.

The day we flew to Panama everyone was really excited but it made for a long day. It took forever to go through customs when we got to Panama.

The next two days were ministry. The first day we went to a high school and we performed the drama twice. It was really cool to work with people our own age. The next day we went to the beach and cleaned up some garbage.

The next was Sunday so we had a morning service then we had a little freetime. In the evening we went to these workshops. We got to choose two that we wanted to to do. I did one about hearing god's voice which was really good and then I did one about making balloon animals and using it in ministry. It was really fun. After the workshops we had a concert by Melinda Watts.

The next two days were ministry and we did the drama at a school one day. We perfromed three times and we tried making balloon animals but it didn't work becuase there were too many kids. We got to go to the Embera tribe on day which was really fun. We went on this hike through the rainforest and got to swim under this waterfall. then we went to a village and they fed us tilapia and fried plantains. They also showed us some traditional dancing.

The next day was a free day and we got to go to our excursions. My first one was an aerial tram ride. We went up to this tower and we could see the Chagres river the Panama Canal. The other excursions were a boat trip to monkey island and a butterfly house along with some other exhibits.

After that we had our last two ministry days. We performed the drama in schools both days. It was really tiring by the end of the last day.

The last full day in Panama we went shopping at an Indian market. We all bought a lot of souvenirs. We also got to go to the Panama Canal where we watched a ship go through one of the gates.

Finally on the next day it was time to leave Panama. It was kind of hard to leave my team but at the same time, I was ready to come home. We had a long day. We left the hotel at 2:00 p.m. Our flight left at 6:40 and we finally got to the hotel in Miami around 12:30 a.m. I got about three hours of sleep because I had to be in the lobby by 5:00 a.m.

Our flight from Miami to California went great but we had a little mix up with our connecting flight and missed it. Luckily we got on the next flight to Portland free of charge. God really did take care of everything.