I never post on here, but we've got some wireless internet (at times) at the camp we are staying at in the Bahamas so I thought I'd post a few photos and stories for you to enjoy.
First of all, we are having a great time. The flight down was good and then the first day we got to go hang out here and swim with the locals...
The first day of work was a little slow. We were clearing a nature trail at an adventure center for children. It's a pretty sweet setup, but the work was a little slow that day (and HOT!). We did get to play with machetes and hack into some coconuts so that was fun...
Today was rainy but good. The rain made the temperature a bunch cooler and the work we had was more intense and rewarding. We started ripping up a boardwalk through a swamp area in the nature trails. We also demolished an old goose cage in the petting zoo area. It was pretty hard work, but we saw a lot of immediate results. In the afternoon, we got to go spend a few hours at a AIDS camp. There are 26 people living there who all have HIV/AIDS. The conditions aren't great there, but the people are terrific and we were so blessed to be with them. We'll get to spend the next 2 afternoons there as well so we look forward to building deeper relationships with the people we met today. Here's a shot of my group with Ms. Moxie...
She was an incredibly joyful lady who read Scripture to us and encouraged us and sang to us. What a beautiful thing to have such incredible joy and excitement for the Lord in such a tough situation. I'll try to post again soon. In the meantime, there are more photos up here...http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3325177&id=751730230
2 comments:
wow, so weird, i opened up the blog and someone else had hacked into it and posted, ha ha. so glad to hear you are doing well bri! we miss you!! love, rach and abby
love you too!! see you saturday!
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