Day 10: We Are Survivors

Today started out to be a very trying day with people still sick from the night before. Almost a third of the team were bed ridden with gastro so construction for today was difficult, but we battled on none the less. Those who could, walked down to the school to get started with some making bricks for floors and some teaching. It turned out to be a really joyous event. Breaking for lunch I had the urge to go back and get more done so a group of us sacrificed our free time and went back to work which I am so glad we did as we achieved so much more.  

Feeding time.
Today was such a great time and I was so blessed by the programme we ran today. It's funny how God changes your heart state about kids because I feel now I can connect with them on a deeper level. We sang songs for them, told them stories, played games and fed them. I found myself talking to a fifteen year old girl who, from the outside, looked as though she was loving life, but on the inside she was really suffering. I told her about my life and then she told me about her's and it broke my heart to hear that she was coping with so much. She was being picked on at school by both boys and girls and even threatened by the older students as well. We talked for quite a while and the meeting ended with a huge hug and a few tears from both of us.

Drew