slip and slide cAP #1

Hello people reading this, we started with waking up at 4:30 in the morning. Although it was challenging we were able to wake up. But that was the least of our worries. We had breakfast on the bus and we had to travel to destination which was a hour and a half. Once we arrived we had to climb huge mountains and although many people slipped we survived to the actual place we had to reforest. They taught us how to plant a tree, we were each going to certain spot that were already made for us to just fill in the saplings. We were each indicated to go and do our own sapling. A lot of us helped each other when planting, falling and giving words of encouragement. There were many people who were afraid and some who were excited but we tried new things which is one of the most important thing about the program to be able to see new things from new perspectives.

Many of the students found out that there were such things as fire ants, spiders, wasp, and other insects. We ended up finding bites all over our body which were uncomfortable but all is well and we pushed through it and did the job, creating new stories to tell when we were finished for the day. Many people created many memeories even when they were bad. This trip showed us the importance of being a leader a helper , supporter and many more.

We have 2 more days to go; we know it will be a struggle but we’re ready to handle it. When returning back to the bus we were all wet and complaining, hungry, tired and bored. We played word games to keep us entertained. We waited for 1 hour for lunch to be made and thanked the people who served us and doing it in short notice. The cold, hot bus and our wet bodies were uncomforable and we stayed there for 2 hours and everyone was looking for a shower.

We took a shower and after that we were given the opportunity to go to the market and we got snacks and being able to look around the town. This day was new and made us realize how easy we have it in life and being able to appreciate more of the people who do so much with any job. We will look back at this moment and be thankful for the life we have. We had asian food for dinner and it was so delicious and we are thankful for this food and the service proived. We then had a meeting and being able to express our love and gratitude towards the people we met and peers. Lets hope we make it alive 🙂 JKKK.- Yazlin, Anais and Tyler