Looking Forward (Day 5: January 17th)

We woke up today to to go to a local church, Wesley Methodist Church. The church itself was very rural, simple, and over a 100 years old. We all sang some hymns together and 3 girls from the church got up to sing on their own.

A visiting pastor gave a sermon about being patient with your current situation and working towards the future without worrying about the past. After church, we were welcomed to their luncheon, and had ham, rice and pigeon peas, macaroni and cheese, and bread pudding.

Afterwards, we cut down tress and brush with our machetes in the are we're staying to open up public access to the beach and limit the growth of invasive species. The kids came down to help us pick up trash under the brush. We also saw which of our guys could chop down the largest pine trees first--Panos won.

Originally, we were going to go to Cinderella's for dinner, but our plans changed so we had pasta for dinner instead. Only we used 8 boxes and way too much with plenty of leftovers--pasta was literally falling out of the bowls. Later that night we went to Colors, a local beach-house/restaurant and had reflection based around the sermon at church. Afterwards we made s'mores, walked on the beach, then went back to the house after an eventful day.

Katlin and Shane