Our first two weeks here on the islands were long and exhausting. If you ever have the need to be adventurous, try sharing one room in a hot sticky environment without running water or reliable power, for a month (more or less) with 5 other people (only one of them being an adult)! Also, try for a week to keep the non-adults from falling into a deep cistern, big ditch or an open fire as they dance around danger in different directions at every waking moment. Yikes!
Anyway, after a week of orientation and a week of home stay, we are now moving and settling into our house! (House pictures to come… I haven’t taken any yet… too busy sweeping, mopping and trying to kill mosquitos…Sorry!)
Happy Birthday Josiah! He turned 3 during our home stay and a team member brought over a cake!
The first danger for small children: Open cistern in the back
2nd: Open Fire Cooking
3rd: 15 foot drop off the back door
Host Soulai opening up a fresh coconut for drinking (after he climbed 40 feet to get it with his hands and a banana leaf !)
Brother cutting up some sugarcane for the boys.
New road to come?
Cooking green bananas.
Homestay family and friends
Waterside view…