March 26, 2009

The best part of today was working by the beach.  It was fun learning the history of the park  that we were restoring which is called Land's End.  We weeded and for the first time i was genuinely tired by the end of the day.  At lunch we wont to the caves.  Ann, Tiffani and Ngan walked with me the entire way.  Going down we took a very narrow cement path.  We took a different one coming up because we thought it would be a wider space for me to cross.  Little did we know it was so swampy and there was mud everywhere.  I stepped in mud that was ankle deep.  We thought it would be easier but it was not at all.  Oh well!

Last night was a very emotional night for all of us.  We started to talk about what we are doing here on this trip in the first place.  If we knew before and what it really means to us now.  In the end I ended up breaking down and crying.  I told everyone about literally everything and how it makes me feel.  How I feel vulnerable at times, how helping is hard to do when you can barely move properly.  How can you help others, if you cannot even help yourself?  But despite all this, they help me.  It makes me believe in humanity.  They give me hope, and i think we all got closer after that night!