February 10th-12th we joined Ecuador in
celebrating Carnival, a holiday preceding Ash Wednesday. It is
basically a country wide water fight. Using little squirt guns, water balloons,
and absolutely any container that can hold water along with powdered paints and
foam spray cans we “played” carnival together for 3 straight days. Although by
Wednesday my whole body ached and I was left pretty sun burnt, these were three
of the most exhilarating days yet in Ecuador. We traveled together around Mt
Sinai to play with some of our closest neighbors, went to our afterschool
program to battle the little kids, and even played right outside of our church
with the youth group. I couldn´t stop thinking, I cannot believe that I get
work off right now to play in this water war!
Thanks to Miguel´s waterproof case, below are some photos to help you
picture what this holiday was like. But again, even the pictures cannot do
justice to the holiday!
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| The beginning...Sunday afternoon |
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| Walking Sinai to play Carnival |
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| Teaming up! |
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| A little break for banana bread to celebrate Monica´s birthday |
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| Getting painted at the afterschool program |
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| Chasing María Jose |
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| María Jose´s revenge... |
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| Picture with some of the afterschool program kids |
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| Playing outside the church with youth group |
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| Some of the youth group kids |
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| Making the rounds in our neighborhood all day Tuesday... |
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| Getting body slammed by Christina...and crashing their pool party |
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| Still surprised by the buckets of water on Day 3 |
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| Teaming up against Greg |
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| My accomplice... |
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| FREEZING at the end of Day 3 |
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| The end of Carnival |
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