It's May, and thus the last stretch of Outreach is upon us.
We have less than 2 weeks before we see the Swiss Alps, and hopefully don't get put into a little quarantine box at the airport.
This month I go from Philippines using tricycles, boats, over-packed vans and planes to Switzerland, then England, then finally Canada. 4 Countries in a month ... (if you include Qatar, our layover, it's 5). We know our airports pretty well by now.
Our team is starting to see the finish line, even though technically we still have 2/7 of our Outreach still ahead of us.
It'll be nice to be in Switzerland, with clean air, where pastries don't cost 15 cents but 5 francs, where the closest thing to a beach is a concrete pier and instead of chickens and hens running around there are French people who are just seem unhappy all the time. But honestly, were all excited to be somewhere familiar again.
Our time here hasn't been as relaxed as in China, or as secretive, that's for sure.
I've done about 3 preachings/bible studies, we do 10 feedings a week where we do songs, games, and stories, and 2-3 hours of construction every other day. In our spare time we hit the beach hard and burn ourselves so that our body has literally zero rest but is fighting off dehydration, burnt skin, unclean water, small children, sales-people and mosquito bites at all times. This is our approach to healthy community living.
Our last day off included "island hopping". Which included us snorkeling around the island and then going off to this amazing secluded beach and having a pre-packed picnic and generally playing the tourist game for an afternoon.
Cheers.
-jon.
We have less than 2 weeks before we see the Swiss Alps, and hopefully don't get put into a little quarantine box at the airport.
This month I go from Philippines using tricycles, boats, over-packed vans and planes to Switzerland, then England, then finally Canada. 4 Countries in a month ... (if you include Qatar, our layover, it's 5). We know our airports pretty well by now.
Our team is starting to see the finish line, even though technically we still have 2/7 of our Outreach still ahead of us.
It'll be nice to be in Switzerland, with clean air, where pastries don't cost 15 cents but 5 francs, where the closest thing to a beach is a concrete pier and instead of chickens and hens running around there are French people who are just seem unhappy all the time. But honestly, were all excited to be somewhere familiar again.
Our time here hasn't been as relaxed as in China, or as secretive, that's for sure.
I've done about 3 preachings/bible studies, we do 10 feedings a week where we do songs, games, and stories, and 2-3 hours of construction every other day. In our spare time we hit the beach hard and burn ourselves so that our body has literally zero rest but is fighting off dehydration, burnt skin, unclean water, small children, sales-people and mosquito bites at all times. This is our approach to healthy community living.
Our last day off included "island hopping". Which included us snorkeling around the island and then going off to this amazing secluded beach and having a pre-packed picnic and generally playing the tourist game for an afternoon.
Cheers.
-jon.
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