Warning- sometimes I can be a bit like my Aunt DeAnn and give a little bit too much information but I have to write about the true good things in life...
1. I love the "free pee" (yes that's the name I've given it). I love that in certian parts of Africa- like the orphanage I'm staying at- you can just walk behind the house or into the forest and pee. Ya, as a guy I know this isn't anything really special but to me it's great! What makes it even better is the fact that it's the alternative to the one outhouse we have that currently has maggots crawling all over the seat of the "toilet".
2. I love bucket showers and they just happen to be our only option! If you ever get the chance I highly recommend that you have the following life experience:
Step 1: Go to Africa (I'm pretty sure any country will do)
Step 2: Pump water from a well into a bucket
Step 3: Carry the bucket of water to your outdoor location (must have no roof) and spill the water all over your clothes on the way because your a wimp. optional: have an African child 2x smaller than you see you struggling and come carry the bucket the rest of the way for you- on her head. (so strong!)
Step 4: Once you've gone behind the cement wall, remove all clothing and begin to dump buckets of water on your head- and try not to miss.
Step 5: Notice that the sky is turning dark and decide not to care, in-fact rejoice in this blessing and continue washing.
What happened next is that the sky suddenly turned a dark gray and it began to pour rain. This is not some Utah showers, this is African jungle rain!
While all of the kids and other volunteers rain inside I stood there butt naked and smiled so big. It was freezing cold and the rain drops made me gasp for air but it was beautiful! I swear it was such a bitter downpour that I could see my breath for a second- but it was those deep breaths, that I had to take, that made the whole experiecne so exhilerating- and refreshing.
The storm kept my bucket full of water and I stayed out there until the storm ended. I have never felt so clean, so free! Naked, showering in the rain, in Africa! There's something so liberating about that.
Go ahead, try it for yourself.
1. I love the "free pee" (yes that's the name I've given it). I love that in certian parts of Africa- like the orphanage I'm staying at- you can just walk behind the house or into the forest and pee. Ya, as a guy I know this isn't anything really special but to me it's great! What makes it even better is the fact that it's the alternative to the one outhouse we have that currently has maggots crawling all over the seat of the "toilet".
2. I love bucket showers and they just happen to be our only option! If you ever get the chance I highly recommend that you have the following life experience:
Step 1: Go to Africa (I'm pretty sure any country will do)
Step 2: Pump water from a well into a bucket
Step 3: Carry the bucket of water to your outdoor location (must have no roof) and spill the water all over your clothes on the way because your a wimp. optional: have an African child 2x smaller than you see you struggling and come carry the bucket the rest of the way for you- on her head. (so strong!)
Step 4: Once you've gone behind the cement wall, remove all clothing and begin to dump buckets of water on your head- and try not to miss.
Step 5: Notice that the sky is turning dark and decide not to care, in-fact rejoice in this blessing and continue washing.
What happened next is that the sky suddenly turned a dark gray and it began to pour rain. This is not some Utah showers, this is African jungle rain!
While all of the kids and other volunteers rain inside I stood there butt naked and smiled so big. It was freezing cold and the rain drops made me gasp for air but it was beautiful! I swear it was such a bitter downpour that I could see my breath for a second- but it was those deep breaths, that I had to take, that made the whole experiecne so exhilerating- and refreshing.
The storm kept my bucket full of water and I stayed out there until the storm ended. I have never felt so clean, so free! Naked, showering in the rain, in Africa! There's something so liberating about that.
Go ahead, try it for yourself.
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