Hard work on Day 4
February 20, 2009
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- Sarah (she’s been on the photo/video team), Denise (she’s been interpreting and working in the medical clinic doing a wonderful job), and Kathy
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- Widow’s house from last year
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- The widow from last year with her daughter at her new house (new bathroom on the left)
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- This is the widow from last year’s new bathroom! What an improvement!
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- Chad bench-pressing 2 posts (trees)!
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- Pastor Mark and Kathy digging post holes and inserting posts!
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- John helping make the fence
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- Heather rolling up barbed wire (ouch!)
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- John helping with the wood
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- Brett and Mike working hard
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- Dale looking for wood for the widow’s door and window
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- John and Brett cutting wood (Mike driving the skid loader)
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- The new baby born 3 days ago came into the clinic for his checkup today.
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- 3 of the orphans having fun at their eye exam!
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- Loren with Jennifer!
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- Widow’s house at the end of day 4! Almost done!
Today we have finished the widows house except the door, window, roof, and painting. We made a lot of progress today! Heather, Kathy, Pastor Mark, John N., and Chad worked on the fence line around the new property. It was hot today and it was constantly walking up and down the terrain with fence posts (trees!) and barbed wire (Heather worked on the barbed wire!). What hard work! Brett, Mike and Jon R. worked on getting the tree line out, and cutting up the wood for fire wood. Also hard work on a hot day!
Lots of the team got to help at the widow’s house today. Lots of cement mixed by Wayne, Stu, Steve, Matt, and Nathan! Dale made part of the door and window today. We’ll go to the orphanage early tomorrow to get it finished before the party with the kids around noon. Will be a busy and emotionally exhausting day for all of us! We were going to go out to dinner tomorrow but decided to eat at the hotel and give the money to the orphanage in Guatemala City. It’s been a great week!
Nathan spoke at our devotional tonight, great words to ponder. We had great worship too. We’ll miss the scheduled time to worship every night, and are praying we can get God as our FIRST priority when we get back, rather than last!! We miss you all and are enjoying your comments! Are looking forward to getting home and seeing all of you (when it warms up of course!)!
We are looking forward to having you all home again too! But I do understand the bitter sweet part of today for you all. You build bonds of friendship with each other as well as the people there and its hard to leave all that. Not to mention how when we are out of our element it is much easier to have to depend on God, so He is our first priority-then we get home and the routine and rush of normal everyday life gets the better of us and that first place gets shifted sometimes. But thankfully He lets us come back! I am right there with you, and I am trying to put God back in His rightful place in my life! Thanks for sharing all the pics and work, it has helped motivate ME to be more focused. I have back some of that fire I got when I was in Cambodia!!! Can’t wait to see all the pics and hear the stories!
Love you all,
tammy
Good Morning, God has bless you all in many way. I am praying that God well give you rest on the tired body and safe travel back to South Dakota. We have so much to be thankful for,even if we have to good back to life here. God is so good and wonderful. See you all in Church on Sunday. Love a sister in Christ, Hermina
May your tired bodies rest peacefully tonight…And the good Lord bring you home safely tomorrow!
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday!
Love, Shannon
I remember my last night in Guatemalia – getting packed to come home ~ oh yes, bitter/sweet. God had set me on a journey like no other – He allowed me to see another part of His world – a place where I felt so close to Him I could reach out and touch Him. It was the first time I felt the ‘tingles’ and realized that was Him inside of me. He showed me His work that needs to be done, not just in Guatemalia, but wherever He leads me. I have never felt the same since I returned from Guatemalia and I thank Him for the opportunity of being part of His awesome mission team. Thank you for the journey back to Guatemalia, for reminding me who I am, through your pictures and journal. I look forward in WELCOMING YOU HOME on Sunday and hearing of God’s great love through each of your testimonies. God bless your evening and grant you a safe journey home. ‘WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS’ – In Christ’s love, Barbara