March 21

Written by Abby
Thursday, 20 March 2008 02:00
When I woke up this morning, my host had hot green tea and yummy crackers for us girls. Even though we could not communicate except to say "thank you" or "eat", we still had an awesome time speaking through signs and expressions. I wish that there wasn't such a language barrier between us, it would be nice to know what they like to do, how they feel about things, what there views and opinions are and so many other things. I was talking to Felicia this morning when I happened to glance up and on the wall was this gigantic spider! It about the size of my fist! It was brown with I think white and black patterns on its body and legs. It climbed up to the ceiling and after a few minutes started climbing back down on its web. It landed by Felicia's bed and crawled under my bag! It ran so fast! After a while, it crawled out so I killed it with a deflated basket ball! I feel better knowing that a possibly poisonous spider isn’t creeping around my room. The boys found a scorpion in their longhouse! I hope there aren't any in here! To tell the truth, I wasn't very thrilled to be here at first but after meeting all the people and making friends with the children, I know that I am going to be sad when we have to leave this place. There is something about the mysterious beauty of the jungle that draws me in. It is like taking a glimpse of something long desired but then having to leave it untasted. I know I will miss it so much so I am going to enjoy the landscape, culture and people as much as I can while I have the chance. Perhaps God will lead me back here someday. If so, I can honestly say that I will have been blessed. It has been my dream and motivation for a very long time to spend a period of my life living in the rain forest, studying animals. I love how extreme things are here; like the bugs, animals, weather even the people. It is so unique from anything I have ever experienced before. There are times when I have been intimidated by it here, by feeling uncomfortable or by not having it my way. But I have fast learned how to cope and fend for myself in this different world.