Good Sunday morning!
It’s around 6 am. I am waking to the girls outside and the multiple roosters. A handful of the girls slept outside because of a “brown out”. That means all the electricity is out. It is cooler outside than in. Wow, and talk about dark! It was pitch black, when I woke up for a moment in the middle of the night.
Yesterday the three of us plus 2 more missionaries went to Apo Island. Apo means grandchild. As if Negros is the grandmother, Apo is grandchild. It is a small island of only 700. It was very interesting to see. There is no running water on this island, nor electricity. They have to take the 35 min boat ride to the main island to transport water. So, for example, we ate lunch at the resort on the island. In the bathroom, the water to wash my hands was in a large bucket. I had to take a smaller bucket to scoop out water.
Apo is known for its snorkeling and scuba diving. A few of us saw water snakes, periwinkle starfish, sea turtles! Really truly amazing! We had a guide named Kenneth, a younger local boy who went with us the whole day. He was so nice to have along. We all got stung multiple times by little jellyfish. That was really a hindrance, but we kept exploring. All the amazing colors and shapes were so beautiful.
Being on the ocean got me thinking a lot about my life. I grabbed my sketchbook and began to draw a house on the cliff of the island. Then I began drawing some of the fisherman in small boats around us. I felt really good to draw.
I am thankful for this day.
The missionary woman we met, who went with us was really neat to talk to . She works with the children up in the mountains. I understand the mountain people here are similar to country folk back home. They are more craftsman ,living off the land, and have less things and less money. She had some really cool stories about her life. She lived in Romania for 1 ½ years doing mission work. She talked about how different it was there from here, for her.
It has been very enjoyable to talk about different cultures. There was a German diver on the ride to the boat for Apo Germany
After our long day yesterday, and coming home to a brown out, we went to sleep very early. It was a very long sleep, lots of dreams, and very well rested this morning.
Today we go to church with all the children from Rainbow, even the babies! We come back for a big lunch on the patio. And later we go to a Scandanavian mission and serve food to some of the people there. This mission is really neat. I hear they built housing to transfer a lot of people who were living in the city dump, out and into this housing. Every week Rainbow helps minister by serving food. I am looking forward to going there today.
Well, signing out for now. Love and miss you all!
Kadie
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