The Unpacking:

The truck turned off of the paved road and down some dirt road. There was barking in the distance, and soon there was three large German Shepherds with two even larger Rottweilers  at the sides of the truck as we were stopped in front of a house. It was very dark, as we hauled the heavy luggage from the truck bed, up some stairs to the door. We followed the Doctor in as he led us to a room in one corner of the house. A small switch on the wall followed a wire up the wall and to the center of the ceiling where a single hanging bulb illuminated the room. There was two wooden bunks along the windows and the adjacent wall had a tall wooden shelf. Chris and I were excited to unpack the luggage that we were carrying around for the last 3 days. We arranged all our supplies and food on the shelves, then made our beds under our mosquito nets. We heard the sounds of the night through the windows which were merely mesh covered slats of wood. We were glad to finally reach our destination, although it was daunting that this place is where we were to live for the next nine months. Aug. 28