Wow, we finally finished all the houses. What a relief! Over the last three days, one thing I learned is I am definitely not cut out for this heat. It makes everything twice as hard. Today was especially hard. We had quite the hike up to the last house. I was so exhausted from going up and down large rocky hills, and over and through fences, that by time we actually got to the house I was too tired and nauseous to help build the house. Thank goodness for the rest of the team and all the villagers who were ready and willing to help out.
In the midst of all the chaos, I have found it rather difficult to stay positive. While climbing up the hill to the last house, in attempt to stay positive, I thought to myself, "well at least it's up on the way there, so it will only be down hill on the way home". But that was before I reached the top of the hill and realized the path went down and up and down again. So that meant that it would literally be 'up hill both ways'. Kind of discouraging.
So while I was sitting at the work sight watching everyone else working hard on the house, I was feeling rather bummed out. So I sent up a quick prayer asking for strength and positivity, and perhaps an alternate route back down. All in all, God answered my prayers. The truck came up an alternate route to drive us back down so we didn't have to walk, therefore conserving my strength, and delivering a positive result.
So, having experienced all that, I have learned that its best to stay positive even through the hard times, because God is going carry you through to the end.
And on a side note... Mom, next time you tell me I need to start working out, I will take you more seriously.
Brittany
