If i could use one word to describe today i would say spectrum. Not only was I purely and terribly miserable but I was also extremely happy and filled with awe. We set out on our first day of work today. As everyone else has said in their posts it was raining. I'm not talking about that nice kinda rain where it kinda falls evenly...Im talking about ragingly mad rain drops that gunned towards my body at record speeds while we worked outside weeding and digging around the cathedral. Never in my life have I seen a rain proof jacket actually get so soaked that it fails to continue to be rain proof. My analogy for it is that you can dive into a pool with a rain proof jacket on...but ur still coming out soaked. Needless to say, aft3er our delicious tuna sandwich lunch, I personally signed up for the painting crew INSIDE the cathedral. My luck being as it is, the sun decided to come out and it ended up being a beautiful day but now i was stuck working inside. After the day of hard labor ceased, we returned to find a fantastic lentil soup, homade bread, and snowcrab feast awaiting us. The butter with the crabs melted away my sorrows from the work that we were doing all day. Then we went on a hiking adventure and I saw some of the most beautiful landscapes today I have ever seen. I actually sat on a cliff edge in awe staring out into the ocean before there was an angry call from everyone wha was already packed up and ready to move on. Me and one of the native kids, referred to as Baby Girl, walked along a black sand beach and collected shells. It was all amazing and it made the horrificly wet begining to the day seem so far behind me. While heading home, i glanced at the clock and it read 10 pm...and it was still light out. And I was still AWAKE!...being as it was 2 am our time. As I sit here writing it is getting later and later so I must sleep because I need my energy for the wonders and adventures that await me tomorrow.
With love in Christ,
Alex Safchuk
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