Landing Safe and Sound…
Now that we have all landed safe and sound, it brings us to a time to ponder what was…
Waking up to hot water and familiar food,
Waking up to all the modern conveniences’ one could hope for
Waking up to the knowledge that “another day, another dollar” is simply a saying to us and not a reality…..
Ten days does not seem like a long time, but it is long enough to make one appreciate all that we have even on those days at home or at work when you ask yourself “can it get any worse??”
Only on a trip like this can you experience the elation of standing on the ground where a house and family will soon be…
Only on trip like this can you experience the inexplicable and empty feeling you get from standing on the ground where a family and house once stood, not knowing that the rain and mud would forever conceal them from our view but not our thoughts…
Only on a trip like this, could you come together with 17 people with whom you had no previous contact and feel like you have a bigger family…..
Only on a trip like this could you connect with a mason over a bag of fruit, or a drink, learning from each other without even speaking the same language..
Only on a trip like this could you get the opportunity to view true emotion in a grown man’s eyes as he explains in a language you can’t even understand, the horror of watching his family and neighbours being washed 10 miles downriver at two in the morning…..
Only on a trip like this can you feel the joy in the words being spoken by a family member as they thank you for giving them their first home….
Only on a trip like this can you be barely home for ten hours and wondering where you will be going next year to experience the highs and lows you can only get in life when on a trip like this…
Thanks to all those who took a chance on the two guys building their first trip as organizers…there was no leading involved when 17 self starters, and great people get together for a common good..
Enjoy Your holidays,
Paulie
