Update by Carly

‎​By Carly Pereira

Dear (insert your name here__________),
It's been quite an interesting trip (and we've only been here for 5 days). So to get to the point….it's HOT! Now when I say it's hot, I don't mean it's just hot, I mean it's HOT! We get super excited when there is a moment during the day when we don't sweat. (And that is really rare by the way). I think the showers are considered more as a cooling system than anything else because we only have cold water. The showers don't have a shower head, the top half is cement, and it's really small. (side note: I'm extremely proud of myself for finally being able to get the rhythm of showering in there!) The food, ahh the food, it's amazing (at least for me it is). The work is not as bad as I thought it would be. It still is a lot of work though especially since I've never done anything like this before.

We wake up around 6 (with the roosters, the donkey, and sometimes Tito the goose), then we have worship and breakfast, as soon as that's done with we head straight to the construction site. At around 1:30 we stop to eat lunch, then we head back to work. At around 4 the VBS people head out to start setting up, and then around 6 we leave here and head back to camp. Once we get there we clean up a bit a few people get some showers in and then we meet up for dinner. After dinner we have some time to relax but then its worship and lights out. The next day, it's all over again.

We went to the beach yesterday after we passed out Bibles in a neighborhood. Mr. Silie had a beautiful worship for us there. But what surprised me the most so far on this whole trip was the poverty. We had an opportunity to enter people's houses as we passed out Bibles and what we saw is nothing compared to what I'm used to seeing. People living is houses with dirt floors and no furniture but they were more than willing to share what they had with us, and I found it quite interesting that they would apologize for not having enough room for us or enough furniture for us. These people barely have anything but are so willing to share and give. They are extremely humble and hospitable. Anyways I have plenty of VBS things to do….have a great day! Miss and love you all! (you guys know who you are :) )
-Written March 28

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