Oh my word! (this is definately todays phrase used by the whole team!)
We carried on with the painting again, having loads of fun and getting really excited seeing the room transform from boring white walls to either lots of dinosaurs or fish or even block colours on the hall way of the clinic. They're looking fab!
However we realised today, how much we actually have left to do! we still need to do another room AND the whole of the outside of the clinic...that's alot of painting. We also had two minor accidents today, one of the sinks in a room where we are painting it pink, fell while Liz lent on it very lightly so it gave everyone a bit of a fright who were in the other rooms so were worried if she was hurt..LUCKILY she didn't get hurt at all! However while Nick picked up some pieces of the sink, he cut his hand quite deeply and seems to causing a few problems. We've had it checked though and it seems to be alright, just in an awkward place for it to heal quickly.
Also two of our members (Jez and Mark) had to stay at the YWCA, with flu like illness and very upset stomachs! So alot of prayer would be mostly appreciated for them and that they'd get better soon so they don't miss too much!
Today we also visited another slum called Zakirah. This is the slum where last year's team worked at, you can see how grubby it actually gets in just one year! Asha have only been there for about four years now, so the difference between the slum we're working in (Kanak Durgah) and Zakirah, is mind blowing! Alot of the team found this hard and it really hit home what these people don't have and what we're lcuky to have; a proper sewage system, clean water, proper houses, everything we take for granted every day!
The houses were even smaller than the ones we described before, i bet the room your sitting in right now reading this is alot bigger than some of the rooms we went in today. They were about 1x2metre big, and they still slept a whole family! There was also a train track running right by this slum and we were told before Asha came alot of the people were getting hurt and even loosing limbs. The women's attitudes still amaze us, even though they are wearing dirty clothing, fly's every where, tiny houses that were dark, damp and dirty they still greeted us with warm smiles and food (alot of it!). in the middle of the tiny lanes (about 2ft wide) there were pillars with a dangerous amount of electrical wires running everywhere, was scary going anywhere near it.
So as you can see, today was emotionally and physically draining, this means alot of prayer for us please! We are visiting another slum tomorrow so alot of strength will be needed. Please also pray for our stomachs and our health, it's starting to cause a few problems but we are staying strong!
Thank you for all the support so far, God bless and we'll report back tomorrow!
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