I'll settle for ideal

I am going to be honest, my reflections have been killing me. I'm finding that the community I am living with in the Philippines is perfect for me, but it is hard to say perfect only for the reason that I have been here for only a week now. I am, however, going to call it ideal for me. Let me explain the make up of the community I am in. I live with two Brothers in there 40's, then 3 Brothers in their early 30's. Finally you have me at the age of 23. They all get along and really enjoy each others company. I have not heard them complain about Mass or prayers are anything like that, so it has been quite nice. They are all super positive and very encouraging. Since I am such an extravert, usually when someone is being negative, it really brings me down. I hate that! I like it so much, it scares me already for the day when I have to say goodbye to such a positive and wonderful community, even though it is more than two months away. I guess you can say the Filipino mindset is one set to the positive mode, and the U.S. mindset is not always so positive.

Today was an interesting day. With the other group, we went to a mango factory in this little area around Digos. It was really small and it is all women that work in the factory. They had dried mango pieces which were absolutely incredible. They were really addicting. Then in the afternoon we went to the sea coast to where we met members of the community working to better the community as well as the education for the children. We went inside one of the houses where it was really tiny, yet accommodated over 15 people. They were so nice and this was also our first encounter with Muslims as well. The children were funny and clapped our hands as we were leaving.

I have a new goal while I am here in Digos. One of the Brothers vehicles is an automatic, and he doesn't know how to drive it, so I am going to teach him. Are at least I hope so.

School starts tomorrow for the Basic Education Department, so it should be a fun and exciting day.