The FWintern application said something along the lines of, “If you’re looking for the most down and out, upside down, never sleep or shower, work till you drop exhausting semester of your life; we are your people”.

Though it was a few days ago, Falling Whistles Day 1 went something like:

A:  Meet haRVey the RV

2:  Hike through beautiful mountains in Malibu; Four hour scavenger hunt.

 D:  Travel to Venice Beach; Sell whistles.

 (Become lobsters & smeared newspaper ink.  Learn that hustling whistles is impossible.  Hence inviting conversation through wearing a whistle).

 5:  Drive to a coffee shop; learn the history of FW.  

T:  Walk home. Eat food.  Crawl into shaky bunk beds and crash.

Since then, we have been basically jumping in and learning in a very real way that peace in Congo is something that will certainly not happen on its own.  People willing to devote their life to the hope of peace is the only way, and we as FWinterns are super-duper psyched to jump into the boat with all of the crazy-great staff here.  We gon’ make it happen!!

Looking forward to seeing y’all the rest of the year!

Hugsies and Love,

Kyle