Deep Breath, Count to 10

By this point in the trip, as always, patience is running a little low and we all have some frustrations.  The good news is that it’s mostly with Kaleo (the organization we are here for) and not with other members of our group.  This is only the second summer for Kaleo to be in existence, and it is being run by some very young people who don’t have a lot of life experience.  They scheduled the groups to be at the same places all week instead of being mixed around like we were in New York and D.C.  Not only does that get boring and routine, but at the Capdeau School it was physically too hard to keep doing that kind of heavy lifting every day for five days.  Also, the interns who are going with us to the work sites seem to be very lazy and unmotivated, and that is frustrating because they are supposed to be leading the group.

Pray for us to have the patience with each other and the Kaleo staff to make our last day here and our day on the road a pleasant one.