February 22nd, 2011
<pThis morning I went to the internet to upload my blogs. Unfortunately, internet has been restricted to once-a-week access, so I apologize for uploading so many blogs at once for the past few weeks.
<pAfter morning internet I went back for lunch and met our new Canadian friend Jonathon who is touring the world for a few months. I, Jake and he bonded during some river hiking, where Jon got some man points after going down a chute of water and off a small waterfall. Afterwards we came back and played with some neighborhood kids. This evening we also worked on an interpretive dance routine that Bethsaida was heading up for wednesday service. It was actually a pretty hip dance routine, and yes I realize I did just say "hip" which may or may not be cool anymore.
<pFebruary 23rd, 2011
<pThis morning we went to the nearby town of Minoro to work on a roof for some deserving single mother of four. We got there, inspected the roof, the Filipinos decided that they would put on a new thatch roof instead of sheet metal, and that we shouldn't help because we might get ourselves killed? lol. So we went back and had the rest of the day open. We hit up some beach volleyball hoping to meet some new people who would play with us, but suddenly because tourist season began we got kicked off or we would have had to pay rent for the court, the sand court that's only 10 meters away from the water. It's one of those dumb things that you find in poor countries: nothing is free. People would try to demand money from you for walking on the road in front of their house if they could. In Africa: want to use the bathroom? Forty kwacha. Oh, need toilet paper? 2 kwacha per square.
Anyways, we hang out at the beach with our new friend Jon and then head back for dinner. After dinner we head to wednesday night church where we put on our interpretive dance to some Christian hip-hop/rap song. It actually looks pretty cool as Bethsaida breaks it down to the lyrics while 3 of us guys do some backup stuff.
On the business side of things… I’m technically not fully funded, I’m remaining on the race by promise to pay any remaining balance by the end of the final month. Right now that balance is about $4,000. Please help me pay it down by donating! Also, for security reasons I’ll be out of contact for the month of March. No news is good news.
