So the past couple days have been great! Sunday we had a regional learning day in which we went to a place called Gypsie Village which is a poorer area of Phuket. There we got the opportunity to talk with one of the leaders of the village and learned a lot about their way of life. After that we got to play with the children there and we had a blast teaching them one of the songs from the show!! I think the thing that amazed me the most about this was that the people in the village seemed relatively content with what they had and the children were so excited to spend time playing with us! I think it is amazing how much some people who have many many things are not satisfied and are constantly wanting more compared to the people we met who have very little and yet they seem so happy. I think it really proves that life is not about how many things you can afford.
After the Gypsie Village, we took a ferrie to Coral Island where we got the chance to relax on the beach and do some snorkeling. The Indian Ocean is so completely beautiful and so green and the snorkeling is fantastic because the fish will eat banana right from your hand!! After this we went to dinner that was provided for us by the Rotary club here in Phuket and gave us the chance to get to know some of the Rotary members in the community here and we got to learn about the kind of things they work on here in Phuket. Lastly, we went to a show, compliments of the Rotary club, called FantaSea which is like a circus that told a story. There were elephants, tigers, and roosters (oh my!). It was great to see and the costumes were BEAUTIFUL!!
Monday was our first CI (community impact) day in Phuket and I was put in the Habitat for Humanity group and we started building a house. So far it has been extremely strenuous and completely tiring work but so worth it when you think that you are providing a place to live for someone who doesn't have one! We also worked on the house today and will continue to work on it until Thursday!! Also, building a house here is nothing like building a house at home. It is completely made out of cement, and there is not big equipment to help out with the labor. For instance, there are no wheel barrels to transfer rocks, cement or anything like that, instead we use small gallon buckets. Also, we had to dig trenches the past couple days, and instead of useing a trench digger or even a shovel, we use these things that look like big hoes. so it is very interesting but fun all at the same time!! But more later... Peace out!
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