We're back from Vacation!
Sorry for not writing the past couple days, we did not have any computer access. We spent the weekend and early part of the week amongst the vast mountains in Ramabanta. The view was spectacular and served as a constant source of amazement. The highlight of the weekend had to be the horseback riding up the mountains. It was a 2-3 hour trek that took us up the mountain, and ended with crossing a river and galloping back to town. We all thought our horses were going a million miles an hour, although the instructors thought it was more of a trot. Other than that, most of us just relaxed by fly fishing, hiking, and even climbing a mountain as guided by the village children.
On Monday and Tuesday we spent the day at two work sites in the community. One was converting an abandoned building into a community center. That group spent the two days installing new windows, leveling the floor (jealous), and repairing the roof. In the future the space will be used as a space for families of the village to host events and come together. The other group spent both days working on a playground for the local village kids at their primary school. We did a pretty good job, without any directions mind you!
Today we ventured into Maseru the capital city to visit two sites. The first was the Baylor Pediatric AIDS clinic and the other was a textile factory. At Baylor we hosted a carnival for around 100-150 HIV positive kids with their parents and caretakers. We had an array of fun games that included coloring, temporary tattoos, parachuting, and football (soccer). It was a humbling experience actually putting a face to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. After the carnival we stopped to have lunch in a Portuguese restaurant called Nando's. The textile factory in Maseru was another eye opening experience. Its main products were jeans for U.S. companies such as Levi, Gap, Old Navy, Ann Taylor, and Calvin Klein. We were able to see the sewing room floor, which was filled with hundreds of workers sewing, washing, and sorting jeans. It was interesting to see the way jeans were made, (even seeing the machine to make wears and tears on them), but it left us asking a lot of questions leading to a deep discussion upon our return to Thorns. All and All it was a very eventful couple of days starting off with a relaxing and fun weekend in Ramabanta with a humbling return today with the two sites in Maseru.
Also, we have another blog going at the link below, it has more updates as well as pictures of our adventures. Feel free to leave comments for us!
http://light.wittenberg.edu/blog/lesotho/
ONE LOVE!
Kent Wilson
Jon Duraj
p.s. Many of us our devastated about the Cavs loss. We just heard about it today and are upset.
P.s.s. Hi Mom--from Kent
Sorry for not writing the past couple days, we did not have any computer access. We spent the weekend and early part of the week amongst the vast mountains in Ramabanta. The view was spectacular and served as a constant source of amazement. The highlight of the weekend had to be the horseback riding up the mountains. It was a 2-3 hour trek that took us up the mountain, and ended with crossing a river and galloping back to town. We all thought our horses were going a million miles an hour, although the instructors thought it was more of a trot. Other than that, most of us just relaxed by fly fishing, hiking, and even climbing a mountain as guided by the village children.
On Monday and Tuesday we spent the day at two work sites in the community. One was converting an abandoned building into a community center. That group spent the two days installing new windows, leveling the floor (jealous), and repairing the roof. In the future the space will be used as a space for families of the village to host events and come together. The other group spent both days working on a playground for the local village kids at their primary school. We did a pretty good job, without any directions mind you!
Today we ventured into Maseru the capital city to visit two sites. The first was the Baylor Pediatric AIDS clinic and the other was a textile factory. At Baylor we hosted a carnival for around 100-150 HIV positive kids with their parents and caretakers. We had an array of fun games that included coloring, temporary tattoos, parachuting, and football (soccer). It was a humbling experience actually putting a face to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. After the carnival we stopped to have lunch in a Portuguese restaurant called Nando's. The textile factory in Maseru was another eye opening experience. Its main products were jeans for U.S. companies such as Levi, Gap, Old Navy, Ann Taylor, and Calvin Klein. We were able to see the sewing room floor, which was filled with hundreds of workers sewing, washing, and sorting jeans. It was interesting to see the way jeans were made, (even seeing the machine to make wears and tears on them), but it left us asking a lot of questions leading to a deep discussion upon our return to Thorns. All and All it was a very eventful couple of days starting off with a relaxing and fun weekend in Ramabanta with a humbling return today with the two sites in Maseru.
Also, we have another blog going at the link below, it has more updates as well as pictures of our adventures. Feel free to leave comments for us!
http://light.wittenberg.edu/blog/lesotho/
ONE LOVE!
Kent Wilson
Jon Duraj
p.s. Many of us our devastated about the Cavs loss. We just heard about it today and are upset.
P.s.s. Hi Mom--from Kent
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1 comment:
Jessie-
[FYI - I HAVE been following your blog, but I realized my comments weren't posting - didn't do it right...u know what a computer whiz I am!!!]
Anyway, have been RE-reading them & it gives me a thrill again! Since I know this is a journey I will never experience myself, I live it vicariously through you(!)-And can't wait to see the pictures AND see your eyes light up when you tell your new experiences first-hand!
It all sounds soooo very exciting - ...and rewarding!
You are doing great things there - & am glad you love doing it!
PLUS u also appreciate the beauty as well....
I love you to the Moon & Back!
-Dad
P.S. The 2 kids u are watching are adorable!
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