I am not sure if I can put what I saw and felt today into words.
I went with my missions team from Victory/3D to Tando, Philippines. We went ot the slums, which are abandoned warehousees that many people live in. They have constructed small compartments in the warehouse out of every piece of material imaginable. They pick through the trash and gather half eaten food and recook it and eat it.
They have no running water or electricity. They pea on th estreet. They get high on glue so that they won't have to think about how hungry they are.
Today made me angry. The people living in the dump sites were cleaner than the slums. It was awful. Everything smelled. Kids ran around naked, people bathe in the same water that they pee in and play in.
In one building everyone was getting high on glue. They do this for several reasons...
1) If they are high, they won't be hungry
2) Beacause they are bored
3) To forget their life
4) One lady we saw was sniffing glue because she was pregnant and she wanted to kill the baby. She was recently impregnated and she doesn't know who the father is.
The sight today was overwhelming. I didn't really talk to anyone about it yet. I need to debrief but there is no one on this trip who I feel like I can do that with.
People shouldn't have to live like that.
