So today was awesome! We got to work in a kitchen and clean out there back room where there was rat poop and things like that, but for me I got to cut carrots and package grapes. The next thing we did was go to a eat lunch. Are group ate Vietnamese food which I had, had before, but the best part about that was when David put this tiny cup of spicy peppers and he seriously started sweating and his eyes turned red it was probably the funniest thing I have seen in my life. The best thing I believe we did all day was go to booth industry where we got to work with mentally ill people. I have worked in a similar factory like we visited today, but the time before I was a too scared to talk to any of the workers. This time during break I was determined to talk to people, so I sat down and began a conversation with a nice man, a couple minutes late there was a big group of people talking with me. After about 15 minutes the bell rang to get back to work and I had just made 4 new friends. It was one of the better experiences I have had on any mission trip. Tonight we are going out in the streets and I can’t wait!
~Erin


Hi Mom! And everyone too. This morning, we made beds really neatly at the Brothers of the Good Shepherd shelter and we made them better than Caitlin by a lot. More than she thinks. PS: Alex folds really good hospital corners. Ok. Then, we learned how to fold fitted sheets with WCHAA (swish) noises, and then we had a really yummy lunch at this Thai restaurant and it was soooo good and we ate with chopsticks (which wasn’t really that special for me (Jasmine) because I do that anyway, but Emily enjoyed it). Our van was the best because no one got in a tickle war like the other van; we were very peaceful and I (Jasmine) fell asleep a lot. In the afternoon we went to this Salvation Army-run place called Booth Industries, which is where mentally ill/developmentally impaired adults can work and receive some sort of paycheck. We got to interact with them and stuff/label/seal 2304872034 envelopes (a lot). One lady named Ellis, an asian lady, kept coming up and talking to me (Jasmine) but was not interested in me (Emily). She thought I (Jasmine) was someone she knew named Pearl, which was kind of awkward because I’m not . She was very persistent and very cute but only interested in me (Jasmine) and not me (Emily) because I (Jasmine) am asian. It was cool to interact with her and all the other people during break and we’re glad that we got to go there. Peace out!

EMILYYYY AND JASMINEEEE =)

The food so far hasn’t been too bad. Thankfully, on the way up, we were able to stop and Wendy’s in the good ole USA and I had a burger. Last night though, we went to a Jamaican restaurant. The food there was actually really good. A little spicy imho but all around good. Today for breakfast we had fruit loops and because we’re in canadia, the milk was in bags. As soon as I got over that though, they were very good. For lunch, we had Thai food. It was ok, not as good as the Jamaican or Wendy’s but not too bad. Oh yea…we helped out at a homeless shelter and the salvation army too. ;-)
.gary