Are you my dad?

Today I got to do my first bit of field work! Tomorrow I will be testing the effectiveness of a new attachment on the Mobile Septage Treatment Units (MTUs) by analyzing the effluent (clear water output) that was brought back to WASHi today. I am very much in the mind set of taking one thing at a time while I am here. I rode the bus successfully today, tomorrow I hope (PLEASE) to wash my clothes (by hand), and maybe on Thursday I’ll even pack… my… lunch… It really is difficult to handle even the smallest of issues sometimes here, but the good parts are so amazing.

The food continues to impress, JP (friendly old man) calls me his son, and I played volleyball for like two hours today (met a bunch of people my age who speak English very well that I’ve begun to get along with). Also, I am looking forward to this weekend, as I am hoping I’ll end up in Palani or Kodaikanal. Both places are pretty deep into the mountains which are nearby me and I want to see them so badly (and to feel the cooler weather)! If not, I could end up in Coimbatore or Chennai (for tourism this time). No matter what, I’ll get plenty of pictures.

I couldn’t be more excited to be working with these wonderful people, what they do is so incredibly necessary. Thousands of lives are touched by WASHi in some capacity every day and I am proud to say that I work for them!

P.S. wow that video took forever to upload