(Please excuse our lack of posts over the last couple weeks; the internet feed throughout the whole country has been very tenuous. Welcome to a third world country! At any rate, these are the blogs that I have written over the last couple weeks that we are now able to upload)
Montezuma’s Revenge strikes with undue cruelty! Yes, I know this is not South America and I am not attempting to steal any gold, but I (Ben) was the first to succumb to sickness presumably from a water source. The bed and breakfast where we are staying has three springs that provides clean “earth filtered” water, which has been such a blessing. However, my first experiment with the city-provided water at the local school where we have been working went very badly! As you might imagine, my “constitution” has been pretty shaky for the last three days, which lead to some pretty bad dehydration. This whole experience coincided with our first trip to Bulembu, in the mountainous region of the North Country (where we will be going to serve for the last month of our time here). I felt very feeble on our way up the bumpy dirt roads that led to the mountain town and got a bit worse once at Bulembu due to the dehydration. (Brad, I believe will be writing about our time in Bulembu so check into his post for more info.) By the last day of our time there, I began feeling better and it was no hour too soon! After getting back from getting pizza, Brad, Eric, and I went down to the soccer field only to find a field that had good short grass, no wind, perfect temps… A wonderful Frisbee night! You might find it weird that I judge a night on how well a Frisbee flies, but this was one of the finest Frisbee nights (#2 on my best Frisbee nights list) I’ve ever had!
Feeling much better and looking forward to the Reed Dance and the coming week!
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