Walk in the Light II

 I apologize for the length between posts, but I was once again at Walk in the Light where internet availability is scarce. So I would love to talk about all of the heartwarming or emotional experiences that I had this week while at work, but unfortunately most of our work centered around preparing for a large group of college students who were coming to stay at Walk in the Light. To make room for them, an old house had to be restored so that the pastor and the youth pastor who were staying at Walk in the Light could move in and the college students would take their old rooms. This required more painting for us, pulling up carpet, washing walls, and moving a lot of furniture. While it was at times frustrating to do work at the agency rather than out in the community it did teach me a lot about how much work goes into running an agency. While places like Walk in the Light are known for the great work that they do out in the community, there is a lot of work behind the scenes at the agency itself that must be done to keep the agency functioning.

We did have one very interesting experience during the week. We took some people downtown to get money from their government pensions. As we arrived the the streets where lined with vendors trying to sell whatever they  could to the people who just received their money to live off of. Sadly, there was a lot of alcohol and tobacco being sold, which just is painful to think about someone spending what little money they had for electricity, food, and clothes on alcohol and cigarettes. As we entered the compound it was impossible not to notice the 15 to 20 armed guards outside and inside the building, garnishing automatic shotguns, assault rifles, and Uzis. Inside what looked like a church or school gymnasium, people stood in line while government officials handed out their apportionment of money. I was a sight to see, but a place that I was glad to quickly get out of.

Other than this experience and the preparation for the college group, there is not much work related to talk. For leisure, I am reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is very well written, and while I'm staying at Bruce's house, Jamison and I have watched many episodes of CHiPs. On Thursday, as a group we took Bruce and his family out to a place called The Crafty Duck. It's a very interesting place because its like a small zoo with a restaurant in the middle. They had snakes, crocodiles, alpacas, parrots and a lot of other interesting animals. The food was delicious and I tried what was essentially Sheppard's Pie, except instead of beef it had wild boar in it. I know I talk about food a lot but, that is because it is an interesting part of the culture that I believe deserves to be written about as well.

Luckily I managed to get this post done; there have been rolling blackouts in the area and we have lost power intermittently. Tomorrow the group is going to a waterfall in the area and then their is some sort of arts trail nearby. It should be fun, look out for another post hopefully Sunday about it. It's been raining all week, I hope we have a somewhat nice day tomorrow to enjoy the falls. Until next time, God Bless.