So, as we live here with over 130 people now, we also have local people who work for HODR. Most of them are absolutely amazing and two of them really stick out. Our head cook/ laundry person/ amazing human being, Venus. She is unreal. Everyday she comes in here and cooks for over 100 people and does multiple peoples laundry. I don't know if she speaks much English but day in and day out she is in here just working her ass off. She is always smiling and it is one hell of a beautiful smile. I have seen people in this base do some of the most selfish retarded things when it comes to not being clean in the kitchen, but Venus always manages to just smile and laugh about them all. It is a truly beautiful site to see someone so happy all the time, regardless of the circumstances. She is also drop dead gorgeous, but I can't tell girls ages in this country. She could be 16 or she could be 30. I realy have no clue. I stopped tring to guess that stuff the first week I was here when some girl who looked like she was 12 told me I am just a little boy at 28.
Also on base we have translators. One of the most amazing people I have met here is a translator we have named Berlin. I had the honor of spending the day with her a couple days ago when I got hurt. We had the job of going into town and purchasing some items that HODR was in need of. She is just another ball of joy. I don't know, maybe she is just always laughing at me, but se is definitely always laughing. We go back and forth and she isalways teaching me some creole. Apparently I sound like I have some serious accent issues when speaking creole and it's always good for a laugh to all the locals, and usually some base members as well. Berlin is here everyday as well translating for all of us pour saps who don't speak a lick of creole but need to get from A to B. Without her their would be no getting to B. She loves us all, and finds time in her busy days to make sure she gets a chance to meet everyone. When it's time to go play at the orphanage she is the first in line, teaching the young kids how to dance creole style. You can just tell that she loves life, and when you're around her it's really hard not to be in a good mood. I won't even attempt to do it!
So today I slept in on accident and didnt wak up til 615am. YES!! First tme for everything I guess haha. Today I will be going to a few places to pick up kits for a "save the children" project. We have to drive around the city and grab a few things and thn eventually get them back to base. It should be interesting considering the ridiculous driving conditions here and the fact im sure my team has no clue what they're doing. As always though, it should be a fun day. Yesterday we got in a giant container of new tools and two bobcats!! That is huge for a place like this because the biggest tools we had before those were shovels and wheel barrows, which we also got new inventoy of.
I am starting to sleep real good here and I keep meeting someone i fall in love with everyday. You just have to let the assholes be assholes, and go out of your way to be nice to them so they feel like the assholes they act.....
Can't wait to see all my friends. We should have a little party when I get home at the pub or something so not just me can get together, but so we can all get together. Because we were probably all once friends at one point and maybe some of us have faded apart. Little things can tear us apart in the states. Big things should bring us together, like the celebration of LIFE.
I love and miss you all.
LOVE
Dan
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