A Volcano

So, my plan hasn’t worked the way I thought, maybe I can get it back on track. Here we go.

Monday was the first day of my internship, and as soon as the last of the soccer group left for the airport, they put me to work right away cleaning the pool deck. After that it was pretty easy going. I went to the SCORE House that I am staying at to set up my bed, then went back to the Villa and helped out with whatever they needed; cleaning tables, dishes, etc., before heading back to go to bed.

Yesterday was a pretty fun day. In the morning I headed out with a group to check out a volcano, which was pretty cool. Mihai, one of the head guys here, said that on clear days you are able to see both oceans from where we were, but unfortunately it was too cloudy that day. And by that I mean we were so high we were in the clouds, looking down on top of and into them. After the volcano and lunch, I went with a different group to give out food to church families in a place called “the hole”. It is a very poor neighborhood built in a small valley, where all the houses are made of scrap metal and have dirt floors. But what is incredible is the joy the people we met have because of the hope they have in Christ.

Now I’ll give you a little recap of the first day of the soccer trip, which really isn’t that exciting.

Once our group got to the Villa, we settled into our rooms and then had an orientation meeting. After that we had dinner and went to play indoor soccer to get to know each other and play together before an actual game. Like I said, not too exciting. Hopefully more to come tomorrow . . .