Today was our first day of ministry in the villages.  We took the morning to visit a village in some distant land while the afternoon was spent at a smaller village just across the way.  The first village consisted of a wide age range of people who all flocked to come see the bewildered Americans.  After Brett shared a Bible lesson, the girls took care of the crafts and snacks while the guys got their butts kicked on the soccer field.  As Alex said it well when he said, "We are pretty terrible."  It also didn't help that they out numbered us... not that we are making any excuses.  Never before had we all craved water so dearly after visiting that village.  It was almost a taste of the reality that these villages had to face.  The next village we visited was much smaller and seemed a little more impoverished, but that didn't change the joy the kids had when they saw us unruly Americans file in.  We, once again, shared a Bible story and did a craft, but instead of playing an organized soccer game we just let the kids show us how they play.  I can honestly say that even though we had no words that we could share, we understood each other perfectly well.