Fiji Day 11

This morning we got up and went to breakfast like usual, then we loaded up in the vans and went to homes of hope. Homes of Hope is a place that women and children go to get out of bad situations, usually involving either human trafficking or abuse. I do not have any pictures from there, because we really want to make sure that while serving there we are protecting the women that have taken shelter there. One of their big things is they have an education program that is focused for the kids getting well rounded and for the moms to learn a trade so that the can re-enter the workforce and provide for themselves and their kids. The goal is for them to get through the program in three years. The three R’s are Rescue Rehabilitate and Reintegrate. So I was initially assigned to clean up trash around the chapel they were building so that was cool. Then we moved all of the trash and wood to a dump area. It was cool we were riding on top of the truck and they guy driving was not an experienced manual driver. Then we started cutting down a bunch of ginger and clearing it out, we had to stop to eat lunch which was fish and French fries. Then we went back to the ginger field. It began to rain hard. We all got soaking wet, it was awesome. So for the next 2 hours or so it rained and we moved the vegetation to the dump and move some other building supplies down. After that they took the first group back to the hostel, and came back for me and the other group. We got back got a clean shower, sent out some laundry to be done and watched an episode of castle.