On the Road Again

This past week, I had the chance to go on another mini-project trip, this time to a remote village about 25 miles from our office. My co-intern Andy and I boarded a bus at 7 AM and arrived there around 4:30 PM. In between, we had a 3-hour bus ride along winding roads – during which my breakfast came out the wrong end – and a 4-hour car ride on the bumpiest road I've ever been on. But the amazing views along the way made up for it.

While there, we surveyed some property for a man who runs a Chrstian school for village kids. Currently, the school (grades K-4) is run out of glorified storage sheds that he rents, but he would like to build a legitimate school so that classes can be expanded to K-8. So Andy and I spent about a day surveying the property and talking with the man about his ideas for the school, and now we will be spending the next couple weeks working on the plans for the school at the office.

Unlike my last project trip, I got to spend some time with the kids who will benefit from the ministry, which was a joy. The man who runs the ministry has about 15 of his students living at his home, where we stayed both nights, so every day I was greeted with “Good morning, sir” and “Good evening, sir” by all of the kids. And best of all, I got to play a little cricket with them one of the days.

Also, in one of the small towns we stopped in, I spotted a man with a Wisconsin Badgers shirt on, and I don't think I've ever been so excited in my life. I nearly hugged the guy, but instead just got a picture with him. GO...BIG...RED!