Ant Bites!

Well, I almost went the whole trip without any bites. I got my first bite yesterday, and it was from the satanic red ants that are all in the grass. I'm still crossing my fingers that I steer clear of the mosquitoes...

Today we split up the group, about half stayed at the mission to do some work around here and the other half of us went out to continue our Special Ambassador work in the greater community. We went out to Firestone today. It's actually the largest rubber plantation in the world, and it's where Firestone (the tire company) gets all their rubber from. There are 45 divisions within the plantation farm, and each division has its own community within it. It's comparable to a large neighborhood somewhere in the states...just with rubber. The SA group visited 10 kids today, delivering a pair of Crocs, a tooth brush and tooth paste, and a bag of food for their families. We've visited 28 of the 85 so far on the trip. Tomorrow is our last day of SA trips, and the rest we don't get done will be continued by Martha and Dolly once we leave. Those two women are the strongest women I've ever met. They've been our "Ma's" on the trip and they look out for us like their own children.

We're all hitting a huge wall of physical exhaustion. Days are long and the weather is hot. Keep thinking of us during our the tail end of the trip!

Emily