Ok, at long last, we start our volunteer work tomorrow.
The organization of things in this country is something to get used to.
Nevertheless, tomorrow Shawna and I start. I know it will be an adventure, since neither of us have been informed of what we are doing, or who we talk to about it. Basically, we just show up at the gate tomorrow and see what happens. ha!
We will be working at a complex (for lack of a better word...) run by the catholic church that gives food and medical attention to the poor (and I do mean poor...), and they also have a day care and an orphanage for girls. I have a feeling we will be working at the day care, which is my last choice... but I hope that after we've been there a week or two I can do some other work.
It's in a really poor and somewhat sketchy neighborhood, just walking through the gate was an experience, pushing past all the starving women at the portal patiently waiting for the food voucher so they can feed their children. I've never felt more fortunate than I did in that moment. It's truly terrible to look into the face of a 70 year old woman who has lived on the street her whole life. I had never really seen haggard until I got here.
Regardless of what my job ends up being there... I'm really excited to be in that environment.
3 comments:
It's crazy to think about what poverty is like down there. I know it's so prominent, and much more extreme than what we see here in the states, but I can't really imagine it. Look forward to your posts about your experiences.
Hey how are you? I was missing you and Elisabeth this week so I was listening to Elisabeth's CD but that didn't give me any of you...so I downloaded "killing me softly with his song!" and then listened to it repeatedly! :) I love you and miss you and am excited to be reading about everything you are doing...I hope everything works out well for you.
i'm so glad that you're there. and that you're having the opportunity to serve. and make a difference.
God is good.
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