Construction Day

    The morning started with breakfast of eggs and the always present fresh fruit. There is nothing like the sweetness of naturally ripened pineapple. Liz (and Alyssa, kinda) led devotions based on wealth blessings and the comparisons of the DR (which is how most of the world lives) and the U.S. What Jesus says about the rich (all of us) should be taken seriously.

    Eric and Paul left early to start the construction site going. It's located about 15 miles outside of town in a  poorer area called San Francisco. The others followed soon after.the project is a pavilion for a local church. It will be fairly large with a 20'x30' footprint.

    Because this is the DR, things always take longer with much more human effort than the states. Most of the team helped with hauling water, shoveling, picking stones and whatever else was required. Liz received her first lesson in concrete troweling and passed Eric's inspection.the footing was poured and first row of block set. Others on the team spent time with the people in the area playing ball or frisbee with the kids, face painting, blessing kids with cross necklaces, handing out tracks and witnessing.

    A few members went back to the house get the spaghetti and meatballs and fried plantain Pablo had made to bring to the construction site. Dan, Tom, Chloe, Liz and Alyssa stayed back to attend a church service me the rest set up the Jesus film with a message and testimony near the construction site. Everyone made it back for a debrief at 10:30 with most in bed by 11:30.

    Other notes: the new members were able to experience their first rice and beans for lunch. It was served with stewed chicken and eggplant. The well is now at 60' and drilling is going well. God's hand is clearly in this as it usually takes over a year for the government to drill a well and ours started in 48 hours! It was 91 degrees today and most of the group got toasted a bit.

    Until tomorrow, God bless