Volleyball and Ropes Course

ah, the joy of physical exercise! our everyday routine, after we finish our work duty, is to gather together to play volleyball. every now and then some other girl plays, but mostly i'm playing with the guys. the rules are different - kicking is allow and expected. i've gotten quite good and the kicking technique. it's quite wonderful to never have to dive, since the ground has many thistles and thorns.

today instead of class our teacher set up a ropes course for us to navigate. i may have been the only student who has every seen a ropes course, so that made the challenge even greater. oh, and the girls trying to navigate through the ropes with their skits was a trip too! overall my team did the best b/c we started communicating right away. some of the other teams were very frustrated with some of their teammates.

3 times throughout our navigation, we were gathered together to discuss some of what we were going through, and how those emotions will be felt when we attempt to intercede for others. sometimes we'll want to give up. sometimes we'll have fun. sometimes we'll need to depend on others to lift us over the obstacle. sometimes others will hinder us from accomplishing the task. it was a great time of debriefing and teamwork.