today was a very interesting day for the team. some of us were not feeling up to going to work today so Paul and Kelvin had to stay back at the hotel and rest up while the rest of us went to work.
The day started off really well. i can see that our presents in Svay Pak is welcome at least by the children, as the van turned to corner just down the street from Rahabs house i saw one of the little boys that was hanging around yesterday and as he saw us he was quite exited and i heard him give a big "YAY!" as the bus went by. Many of the other children were quite happy to see us again. i think that we have been around a couple of days that people are becoming more comfortable with us being there and more children are coming by the say hello
i did see probably one of the most disturbing things I've seen so far on this trip. some of the children wanted to talk to me and we just sat outside and chatted (or as best we could with the language barrier) for a bit. one of the boys showed me a scar on his stomach, it was about 7 inches long and took up most of the space on his little tummy. I'm assuming it was his brother but one of the boys told me that someone went and cut the young boy who couldn't have been older then 6. it probably happened when he was around four or five because it was fully healed and it was just a scar but i couldn't imagine someone who could do such a thing to a little child.
But all the children have been through they still are very happy and energetic kids. we have a special Svay Pak handshake that the kids will do with us endlessly and they just have a great time doing it.
Today i think was the hottest day yet. we finished breaking down the walls and started scraping the paint off of the walls downstairs and filling in cracks with mortar. after lunch though things got REALLY hot. Martin myself and Grant (daddy =P) went for a walk in the town just down a couple of streets and came back, but by the end of the walk i was feeling really overheated. i took some time and sat in front of a fan and drank some water. i ended up feeling absolutely miserable and dizzy and started to feel numb in parts of my body. i ended up drinking 3 litres of water and i still wasn't able to sweat so we decided that we should head back to the hotel and call it an early day. I'm feeling much better now that I've gotten liquids and some dinner into me but i think the team is going to have to keep hydrated and make sure that we don't over do it like today. i also figured out that it only takes a sip to figure out how thirsty you are and i really need to keep on top of that.
All in all today was a low but we are still doing something great and its something to be proud of. i would like to that you all for your continuing support and prayers for the team. we'll try to keep healthy and strong and get ready to get back to it tomorrow
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Hi, Jeff - thank you for your comments. This must be quite the experience. You all continue in our thoughts and prayers. Many of us have the field team itinerary on our refrigerator door, thus knowing when you are asleep and when you are working and when you are having a "siesta" and the like. We can't imagine your situation. We just pray that all will be well with you and with the team and with the work you are doing and with the people of Svay Pak.
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