After delicious waffles for breakfast, we hit up the ministry center with great alacrity in order to have the most time to spend at the center. Here we helped pass out food to those who needed it by bagging pretzels and cookies while talking with a lot of the locals who volunteer there every week. We met a lot of characters, two of which we spent the majority of our time talking to. Phyllis and Rocky chatted with us practically the whole time we were working, and we ended up hearing most of their life stories. By listening to their stories, we actually learned the most about the local culture and what life in Bland County is really like while also being incredibly entertained. Even when Phyllis was outside of the warehouse, she still managed to get blamed for any mishaps that happened inside. The loquacious prattle throughout the ministry center definitely kept us occupied while we prepared the food for distribution.
After lunch, we headed back to the Wolf Creek Indian Museum to continue work on renovating the village. We worked specifically on braiding the paliside wall and building the structure of the roundhouses, as well as straightening up the area around the village and digging fire pits. We also received an impromptu lesson about the difference between clay and dirt, which naturally was followed by a “clay-ball” fight, complete with war paint. After finishing up work, we returned to Camp Laurel and went for a run through the Bland country side to check out the encompassing nature of our surroundings, including a rather large bearded pony and ravage ducks with a vengeance. After our run, we nommed on homemade pizza and warm peach crumbly goodness fre$h from the oven. Then we did a ninja style reflection activity in which we nimbly navigated through a labyrinth of lasers individually, and then while holding each others’ sweaty palms. Before sleeping, we watched a gimp bug crawl around in circles on the floor for the duration of this blogging activity, before it was bombastically murdered. G’night!!!!!!!!
Xoxo, gossip girlz (Jessica and Rosie)
PS: Stay away from the tacos. And veggie patties. OH MY GOOD-NESS!!!!!
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