Saturday has been an awesome day! When we awoke this morning, there was a strange orange thing in the sky. We were so excited at breakfast to have a sunny day. After loading the truck, it began to sprinkle. That’s ok, we made the best of it. Driving in the village, almost every street corner was filled with children waving and running toward the church. The VBS team led 85 children in Bible stories, crafts and songs. Ginger prayed with one child today who accepted Christ as Savior!
The construction team has been cranking out the blocks. In the midst of hit and miss downpours, we finished the final full course of blocks to complete the walls! By the end of the day, the gable wall was almost complete on one side. On Monday, we should be able to finish the gables and begin on the roof! What a sight to see! I can’t wait to post the picture of their former mud and stick house beside the picture of what it looks like now. It’s hard to believe that in 2 ½ days and lots of rain, we have put up the walls to a new house.
The house is amazing to see, however, the real heart of the trip is the relationships that are being built. The Honduran brickmasons could build the house a lot faster than our team of amateurs, but the relationships between the Hondurans and our team is incredible. This is a beautiful picture of what heaven will be like.
After dinner tonight, we surprised Jerry and Ray with birthday cake! Today is Jerry’s birthday and Ray celebrated his birthday last week. Later, we will have devotions and go out to Wendy’s for a Frosty.
Tomorrow morning, we are looking forward to going back out to the village and worshipping with our new friends. Richard will be preaching and we all will be singing. A few “volunteers” will be sharing their testimonies as well.
Grace & Peace,
Brian
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