What Does Rustic Mean To You??

Well, last week we were deployed to a "Rustic" Horse Camp. "Rustic" in this case means no electricity, porta potties, outside showers hooked up to large barrels which are filled with hose water, sleeping quarters in a chicken coop, storage of food in a cellar infested with spiders, and a fly infestation like you have never seen before... the flies were the worst part. Millions and millions of flies. They were literally swarming everywhere. We would hang up a fly strip and it would be covered in like five minutes. I KID YOU NOT!! The first day I think all of us cried at one point. It was culture shock like I have never experienced before. They told us in training we would experience shock the second week but we never thought it would be at a horse camp in the middle of nowhere where everyone speaks English. We were not prepared for for life in the wilderness. We had nice teaching clothes, no work clothes or appropriate shoes or anything and a bit in shock from the facilities.

Moving on, the Horse Camp was located about an hour outside of Budapest in a small village that is on a dirt "sand" road. The camp was run by this amazing family with an amazing vision. They run a Christian horse camp which allows them to minister to the people of Hungary and share the love of God with the Hungarians. This week we did much work and as one of my teammates Amy said this week we "Starved the flesh and feed the spirit" There were many tears, laughs, and hard work done this week. Tee pees were built, beds made, garbage picked up, flies killed, horses trained, curriculum planned, a library organized, canvases sewed and so much more. The most frustrating thing is the whole Hungarian time. Again... not like American time. I will write more later in an e-mail when I have a chance to process the week. Right now I am to busy enjoying a flushing toilet, running water, indoor shower, and lack of flies. Before I sign off for the evening, and enjoy my pizza, here are some great quotes from our week. Hope you enjoy them!

• During a thunder storm as we all are getting a bit nervous our chicken coop will leak in the rain, Chelsea says "What's the worse thing that could happen guys? Our electricity will go out?"
• "I popped a squat" Amy (something we all did this week since the bathrooms were NASTY)
• "Shall we poop together my friend?" Adrienne
  
• "We can't breathe" Adrienne's response when asked how we slept.
  
• "This can't be healthy. There is black stuff coming out my nose" All of us said this at one point in the morning
  
• "I want him to be repulsed when he thinks of me" Amy in regards to an old boyfriend
  
• "Now I know the meaning of Cooped Up" Amy
• "Let's put this in prospective guys, We are in Hungary, where we don't speak the language, in the middle of nowhere, standing in front of a nasty outhouse where we will be sleeping in a chicken coop" Chelsea
• "Flies... Varmint of the sky" Chelsea
• "I'm sleeping in filth" Adrienne