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July 2^nd-3^rd : Thursday – Friday

It’s been a rough last two days. Definitely the lowest point since I’ve been here. Thursday and Friday at work were unfulfilling. I painted and help to weld the roof of another banda. These jobs felt unfulfilling. Mainly though I miss people. I have felt very lonely the last two days. 

The Tricaricos are gone to Kampala so the house is kinda empty and no James at work. That meant though that Jim and the RP team and I went to their house and watched a movie Friday night after dinner. We watched To End All Wars. It fallows the struggle of a group of soldiers imprisoned by the Japanese during WWII. The movie war really interesting. There were two different fractions of the war camp. One led by these two men who survived by starting a “jungle college” were they met and studied with smuggled books. Another group survived by thoughts of revenge and escape. After thinking about it and talking to Jim I guess I agree with either group. The majority sought to work hard on the project. Building a rail way through the jungle to India. They seemed to lose their pride and desire to fight. They were reduced to groveling for books and sought ways to please their captors. They seemed to lose their integrity and become less than human. The rebels however weren’t right either because they survived to exact revenge. They were fueled by hate and rage.