I got up around 5:10 which was wayyy to early to go to church, but I had to catch the bus. We took an hour and a half drive to Camp Tahkodah. When we got there we piled off the bus and went into a big warehouse looking building. In the building we sat on some couches and sang many devo songs until it was time for our tour of the H.U.T grounds to start.
When the time came we went outside into some frigid cold weather and took a tour of the grounds. First we took a hike down to a place called the slums, just like all the slums of the world. Then we carried on to some Japanese houses that were built high above the ground they were made mostly out of bamboo and were pretty cool! Next we headed off to the American houses, they were nasty there was trash and nasty grime everywhere, I was looking forward to not getting this hut. We then headed up to the second part of the American homes, it was a RV and there was a snake skin in there and possibly a raccoon. YUCK! We took a running hike up a very large hill and went to a I think a house that was supposed to be a house in the poorer part of Spain. It was neat. We next went to Bolivia and they had a different kind of toilet; it had a vent and the entire Bolivian ground stunk! We learned we would be paid for our later work here. Off to Africa we go! Their huts are nicer than most that were on the H.U.T grounds. Hopefully I will stay in there. It will be tons of fun.
We finally came to an end to our tour. There about 30 feet from where we finished is a playground merry-go-round that makes energy as you turn it, haha we played on that for about an hour! It was so much fun! The hour was up so we joined the other church that had come to spend time with us. We played a game together were we had to carry water back and forth about 30 meters, not far, but boy howdy it sure hurt. God bless those who have to go miles and miles with even more water on their shoulders.
