Training Day 1

 First, a note: I'm almost a little nervous to post everyday because it might spoil or annoy you but I rather say too much then nothing at all.
 When I arrived it was around 130am on Sunday morning in the Philippines. I slept until 10am and when I woke up there was no supervision in the hotel. So as we received verbal permission we made a plan(5 other interns and myself). Since we are in Manila, a very modern city, we decided to get out of our hotel/mtg center on Sunday because we did not have anything scheduled. We walked two blocks to the mall and ate lunch at this nice restaurant that served local food. It was pretty delicious but everything was either very salty, very sweet, or had little to no flavor(usually soy). I was happy to see coffee and bananas at almost every meal, now that is something I can relate too.
 Yesterday we began training. A woman who was the director of GJV Africa in 2009 started our day with worship and another woman from the Philippines taught us to sing meditations(something every church should do to begin worship). We had several workshop presenters that lead activities which focused on our foundation as an individual. Kendra Dunbar, our director this year, facilitated an identity exercise that helped us to realize our commonalities. We wrapped up our day at 9pm last night and I poured myself into bed.

It's now Tuesday morning at 805am and time for breakfast. Until next time!