I’m here at the YWAM base in Yei. This past week was our first week of outreach. We worked at the orphanage in the morning and in the villages in the afternoon. In the orphanages we’ve been singing songs, doing skits, playing games, and having free time with the kids. This week has been a lot less structured at the orphanage because we didn’t have a set person in charge. For the afternoons in the villages we just walk down the dirt road and go up to peoples huts (seriously). Everyone is always outside so when they see you coming the run inside and grab chairs for everyone. We just hang out with the people and ask if there is anything that we can do to help them (fixing anything around the home or whatever).
All of the kids here are amazing… when you walk down the street they always come to the end of the street and yell “Hi, how are you!?” with the biggest smiles on their faces.
We aren’t living in huts though. We live in a cement building that’s a long strip with a bunch of rooms. You have to go outside to get to the next room. There’s no running water here, so we have to pump all of our water out of a well on the YWAM base that serves the whole community. We call our showers “open heaven showers” because it’s a little cement shower room with no roof. You pump some water at the well then
All of the kids here are amazing… when you walk down the street they always come to the end of the street and yell “Hi, how are you!?” with the biggest smiles on their faces.
We aren’t living in huts though. We live in a cement building that’s a long strip with a bunch of rooms. You have to go outside to get to the next room. There’s no running water here, so we have to pump all of our water out of a well on the YWAM base that serves the whole community. We call our showers “open heaven showers” because it’s a little cement shower room with no roof. You pump some water at the well then
fill a bucket and use a cup to shower. Toilets are in a bathroom with a simple hole in the ground. I really like being back to the basics.
Yesterday we harvested peanuts for a couple hours. Some people pulled them out of the ground and others pulled them off the roots. Then the family living in the same building as us roasted them. They are so good.
Well, that’s a little update on what I’ve been doing here. Love you!!
Yesterday we harvested peanuts for a couple hours. Some people pulled them out of the ground and others pulled them off the roots. Then the family living in the same building as us roasted them. They are so good.
Well, that’s a little update on what I’ve been doing here. Love you!!
