Arrival Day

After a very long time in transit, including a too brief few hours in a hotel and a plane running one hour late, we finally arrived in Naga.
Today has been dedicated to rest, even though there's been more time spent eating than sleeping. We thought that the snack when we arrived was lunch, only to be given lunch an hour later.
We are simply settling in... Looking forward to our upcoming timetable... The brothers have organised a building project for us as well as time in their apostolate, visits to the psychiatric hospital and to the scavenger camp at the rubbish dump. We have a very full schedule ahead of us...
Today, between our first snack and lunch, we assisted with the turning of the soil for a new visitors centre for the brothers. Within three months, the brothers will no longer have to move out of their house to accommodate guests... The house will sleep twenty. Our group was most impressed by the way I wielded a spade.