Ugh. I’m having to get up at 3:30AM tomorrow. I’m dreading that. They say if you do not get a good night’s sleep beforehand you may not ever catch up for the duration of the trip. Everyone snores. Paper thin walls. The heat. Although it appears that it might get down to 60something degrees at night. And I’m bringing some earplugs.
Phil shaved his head. Mr. Clean. Kojak. Whatever you want to call it. Strange indeed. He says its for the El Salvadorian heat. I too got a haircut today. It’s not that short. I’ve found that if I get it too short, it looks really bad.
I have mixed feelings about the trip. These feelings are likely to change once I return. I’ll probably be glad I went.
Then again, as I said before, I don’t want this to turn into an annual trip. There is way too much preparation that is required to do this year after year. So, I’m going to try not to get too close to those involved with this trip, for fear of being compelled to do this year after year. It sounds harsh, but I’m trying to be realistic.
Realistically right now, I’m dreading it. I don’t like the extra preparations involved. I like the idea of helping those most needing, but I feel like I could easily do it elsewhere without the extra brouhaha of a mission trip.
I found out some more information about these Columbia Central High School shirts that we are wearing while we are down there. They are from a Maury County School and are from the class of 2001. I kinda wish I could save one of them to wear at Maury County’s Camp in the summer. Just to blend in. Not likely to happen.
As far as updating this page while I’m down there, I doubt that it will happen. So stop holding your breath. Our group leader will have his laptop with him, but I doubt that there are internet connections down there….without a long distance call.
I am going to be keeping a written log of stuff that happens each day I’m down there. I’ll post it here when I get back.