From Thailand to home

So itis crazy that in the past couple days so much has happened, not only for me here in Thailand, but for many family and friends back home. Here we continued to work with Habitat for Humanity and by the last CI day we had the entire foundation and the beginnings of the walls completed. It was such an incredible feeling to work so hard on something and it made me realize that I would have never worked this hard if I was building something for myself. The days spent at the site were absolutely PHENOMINAL and I would get done every day feeling completely physically drained but oh what a great feeling that was. Another great thing about the site were the men that were working with us... They spoke very little English, but yet throughout the days we would laugh together, and we learned to really work together. I think it was cool because they would stepped back and let us do as much as we could and then would step in and help us when we needed it. It was a great feeling when we got to the end of the last day and I realized that I was going to miss all of the men working with us. It was in this moment that I really understood the fact that actions speak louder than words! WOW!! Then today was the first day I heard about the flooding that has been happening back home and I haven't quite processed all of my feelings about it, but I think there is something to be said about how I am working so hard to build a home for people here and so many houses back home have been destroyed but that it will be ok because people and groups like UWP will come and support the communities and the families in them and they will work together to rebuild what has been lost. Through this, opportunities like the one I have had will be created and lessons will be learned. I can tell I am still processing everything, but I continue to count my blessings that my family is safe and I pray for the continued support of the people in the communities that have suffered.
Now on a lighter note, we performed our first show in Thailand today and it was absolutely wonderful!! It was crazy because all of the young Thai girls were going crazy over some of the guys in our cast. It was like they were famous rock stars or something!! It was so cool, they signed autographs, took pictures, it was a real celebrity event!! The show went well, and it seems like everytime I perform I think to myself, "oh I wish my family could be here to see this!" Anyways, Phuket has continued to be great and I continue to be pushed to my limits and am learning to really appreciate some things about home that I wish I had here... like cold weather!! :)