August 1 It’s the first time I’ve woken up late instead of an hour early. Yesterday was a long and wonderful day that made me very, very tired. All week we’ve asked for more work. The construction they gave us was easy peasy, and we all wanted to help as much as we could. So yesterday when they asked us […]

July 31 Today was my first day where I felt fully invested in what I was doing. My mind didn’t think back to Hawaii or the things I would be doing there. Today all of me felt in the Congo. We started our day with the usual eggs, noodle, and sausage breakfast that I’ve grown to love. Our activity for […]

July 30 I’m tired. I’m mentally burnt out. After 10 weeks of interning in Hawaii, all I want to do is rest. I am so ashamed to say that all I want to do is be at home. I so deeply wish that my entire heart and soul would be here in the Congo. Nonetheless I am having an incredible […]

July 29 This experience has been fantastic, and it’s only the third day in the Congo. But I would be lying if I said I wasn’t struggling. It’s so hard to be in a place so different from what I spent the last ten weeks doing. There’s poverty everywhere I turn, and my life routine has become so difficult. I’m […]

July 28 My heart is overwhelmed with love. Love this community has shown us. Love these children give us. Love Pastor Celestin has for his people. And love that my team has for one another. There’s no place I would rather be than here surrounded by love. Today we were part of something pretty spectacular. Though it felt like we […]