Day 3

Ruthie* Today was a very fun day! Saturdays at the farm are only half work days. I left with my team member, Dan, in the morning to talk with the manager of the rice mill, David. Oh and since the girls bikes hadn’t arrived yet I had to sit on metal tray dealy on the back of his bike. I felt so silly. I think I giggled the whole way there . Anyway, our meeting with David went really well. Our job is basically to learn how to operate everything in the rice mill and learn the positions of all the employees and see how we can make the mill more efficient. This is going to take some time but it’s a great learning experience for us and it will really help the farm. Nate spent most all of the morning scooping up poop for the bio-digester. He was very stinky when he came home. This hopefully is the only day he will have to scoop poop and then he can start on the actual construction of the bio-digester! Later in the evening our bikes came in! They are only a few inches shorter than the men's bikes but the lower bar in the middle makes it easier to hop on. None of us can still touch the ground but at least we can reach the peddles! Once we got the bikes we went on about an hour bike ride. It was so amazing, but we were soooo tired and sweaty afterward…time to get in shape! Later this evening we are going to see a movie outside on the wall with the locals. This is something that the owner Calvin tries to do for the locals when he comes in town-they love it! It’s going to be a lot of fun! The people here are probably some of the nicest people I have ever met.