"Don't Panic, Its Organic!"

This weekend was INSANE. Friday we hiked up to a village clear at the top of a mountain to evaluate what we could help tem with. The kids of the village met us and led us to their school singing a bunch of variations of songs welcoming the visitors. Halfway through one of the songs we realized they were saying they met aunt abby because of jesus and proceeded to insert all of our names into the song.

Halfway through the day it started down pouring. We sat inside a tin shed with the whole village crammed inside waiting for it to stop. We were in a hurry to meet our bus when it ended so we had to run down the muddy hill. African children were following us just so they could watch the mzungus make fools of themselves. Not one of our finest moments. WE were sliding EVERYWHERE.

Saturday we rafted the nile. Yep... the nile. There were 8 rapids all class IV or V, V being the highest class you can do on a raft. To say it was an adrenaline rush would be a huge understatement. The fact that our boat consisted of all girls only added to the excitement. Don't ask me who put all the guys in a different boat... worst idea ever.

I literally had my life flash before my eyes all day long. Luckily nothing happened to us. I think it was due to the fact that our boats team name was jesus, suggested by the three born again christians with us. AFter our first casualty though we decided god didn't like our name and changed it to Moses because he to rafted the nile, in a basket.

For lunch we ate pineapple on our rafts while floating along the nile. We were all falling into a deep meditation and had almost discovered the cure for cancer when we heard white waters ahead and our guide yelled , 'Dont panic its organic' and chucked our pinapples into the river.

The last rapid is named The Death Pit and its name defiitely fits it well. Our raft tiped over .5 seconds in and we all rode through the class V rapid raftless. It was nuts. I had no idea which way was up or down but the moment my head popped up I would take a huge gulp of air before being spun under water again and again. It was insane, nothing beats drowning. I'll definitely be back for more.