Spring Package

   I just got my spring packet from Teen Missions International!  There are the pictures of everyone(They left one person out!) that is going on the mission trip and their names with what tool they are assigned to get.  There is the monthly update for April which tells which teams are still open, how to sign up, a word from the director, Mr. Robert, finance tips, what to do with the money, what you will need to bring(Besides clothing), and transportation to the boot camp.  A little booklet also came in the mail called the "Individual Team Fact Sheet, Bangladesh Orphanage."  This tells the prater requests for Bangladesh, purpose of this trip, transportation to boot camp, team schedule, and mailing address.  It also tells how much the postage home will be from Bangladesh(About $1.00), what not to send, like care packages, passport and visa needs, special travel clothing, housing, weather, spending money, flight information, and interesting "tidbits."

   The housing will be in a building and we will need to bring an air mattress or a sleeping pad with a sleeping bag or a sheet and blanket.  I will not be bringing a air mattress for two main reasons, they pop easily and are loud.  The weather will be in the low 90's for the high and upper 70's for the low.  There are medical clinics in the areas where the team will travel. So now you shouldn't worry about us getting hurt and not having plenty of help!  Spending money has to be new and clean $20 bills.  There is flight dates and times but I can't put them in my public blog for a few reasons.  We will get to barter at local markets for cool souvenirs.  We will also get to spend the night at a hotel in Hong Kong(which will feel amazing after not having a real room in a month!) and shop for souvenirs at one of the world's "best Chinese night markets" and take a ride on the Star Ferry across the Hong Kong Harbor.

Rivers of Bangladesh

   There are over 300 hundred rivers in Bangladesh. Having so many rivers helps all the flooding, monsoons, and cyclones that take effect there.  It is averaged that at least two big floods happen in Bangladesh every year.  The flood season is July to September(The Bangladeshi months of Borsha, Ashar, and Shrabon to Sharad, Bhadro, and Ashshin).

   Kaptai Lake is one of the world's largest man-made lakes.  It is about 300 square miles, but can reach to 400 square miles in the flood season.  The river was made when the construction of the Karnaphuli hydroelectric(electricity made from energy made from falling water) plant took place during the late 1950s and early 1960s.  The largest man-made lake is lake Kariba.

Cyclones- "a large-scale, atmospheric wind-and-pressure system characterized by low pressure at its center and by circular wind motion, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere"

Monsoons-  "the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.

"2. (in India and nearby lands) the season during which the southwest monsoon blows, commonly marked by heavy rains; rainy season."