By Chris: Tuesday, July 30
Today I felt
more than ever that the team is like my family. I mean, it makes sense. After
braving the dark apartments of Lesozavodsk, cramming 17 of us into one tiny
dining area, and not to mention an uncountable number of hours together, these
people feel like family to me. We travel together, eat together, get exhausted
and worn out, and even drive each other crazy sometimes. But all of that has made
us all the more like a band of brothers and sisters. Today made me feel this in
a new way.
Throughout
the trip different people have been feeling ill and missing events. Yesterday
(Monday) Rachael and Matt had to be taken to the hospital for intense stomach
pain (NOTE: they are fine now. They contracted some form of virus or food
poisoning somewhere in our travels). Tyler and Yury, our translator from
Vladivostok that spent time with us in Lesozavodsk, went with them to handle
everything. I thought they would be back soon, but it sounds like they all have
to spend a few days there.
Even when those
of us remaining at camp are at full health, we are mingling with the other
participants in the conference. This is nice and we are getting to meet new and
amazing people, but I miss the family meals and bonding. We have not had much
time together as a whole team and the missing members has made the family just
seem broken and scattered.
This
really upset me today. It was difficult because I feel like part of our mission
here is to just show the joy of Catholicism to the other young adults here;
however, it is difficult to be joyful when it feels like the family is all out
of whack. It hurts even more because there is nothing I can do to heal the sick
members of our team. But through the bad feelings I realized how much I care
for these people and how much I would be willing serve them just as much as
they have been serving others.
I
hope that in the coming days we will be back to full health and be able to have
some team bonding time during one of the days of camp.
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