clean up.

Week 20.

Since we returned to Rangsit, we have had lots of work to do, as anticipated.  Each morning, Beth, Bank, Michal Ruth, and I all meet at Grapevine to clean. 

Our activities include (but are not limited to): scrubbing grout with toothbrushes, washing dishes, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing the walls, dragging out old moldy things, buying new things to replace the moldy things, wiping off the moldy things that are not destroyed, discovering wildlife in Grapevine (fish, snakes, baby mice, huge lizards...), scrubbing some more, scraping, painting, washing windows, tracking the mouse/rat (we are undecided) that is STILL living in our kitchen, moving things, organizing things, scrubbing even more things...

But it is all worth it.  Because somewhere in between all of that, we get lunch from our very own yisiphaa baht (literally, 25 baht)-- the best Thai food restaurant in Thailand.

My two favorite shots so far:

clean up.

Surprisingly, it hasn't even occurred to me to be annoyed that we have to clean all of this up.  I am so thankful that all of us come every day with a positive and willing attitude.  We usually play Christmas tunes and laugh and talk while we are working.  Lots of inside jokes are being formed...  It kinda feels like CCF Spring Break to me, only there are a lot less people.  And we all know how I love CCF Spring Break.... :)