Muddy Balls!

The weekend and another football game, it definitely set the bar high for those to come. Team GVI Amazon arrived to the field in Puerto Rico, excited to battle it out, and were even more pleased to see the muddy field. It didn’t look too bad, but oh were we fooled! Within five minutes I had fallen smack on my ass in a huge mud-filled pit! It wasn’t my clumsiness to blame because soon everyone was slipping and falling everywhere. The best was when the ball would go into the center of a particularly treacherous bit of mud and there would be a mad dash to get it but it just turned into a slow motion face-off with mud flying in all directions. Despite the many bruises we obtained, we played a great game and had an amazing time. We ended the game with a huge mud fight, in hopes of getting anyone who was slightly clean completely disgusting. After everyone was covered from head to toe, we rinsed off in a nearby waterhole and headed back to base camp. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time even though I’m still getting mud out of my ears!

Erin Wilson - GVI Amazon volunteer, July to August 2010

Muddy Balls!