Andrew
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Finishing the work week
07 months ago
Wednesday (cont):
Wednesday night we joined Chuy for kids club. We had 12 kids show up from the neighborhood, plus the 12 that Chuy and Amy are foster parents for, plus their own 4 kids, and the 13 of us…..it was a crowded backyard. We had a great time running around playing tag, and the “couch game” (too hard to explain on the internet). After all the fun and games, and after the snack (gotta have a snack with kids), we all sat down while Chuy led a Bible study with all the kids helping to read through the passage.
Thursday:
We finished up the week strong. More painting around the house had some of the girls busy inside all morning, and everyone else was outside helping clean up and move cement to the third floor. When the day was done we had everything prepped for the next group of people to finish the roof off with tile. If we had brought a few more people with us I think we could have finished it all off (hint hint to everyone reading this).
Tomorrow brings a long awaited day off where we will go into the city of Guadalajara and see the sights and truely take in what city life here is like. And by that I mean shopping.
Internet woes
07 months ago
Sorry for the posting delays, we were without internet while at Camichines. We had tried to email it over to someone to post but somehow it got lost. So here is the lost post (now with images).
Tuesday:
We started the day at Bugambilias, where we packed up our things and traveled an hour away to Camichines. About 10 minutes before getting to our destination we passed a truck stuck in the mud on the side of the road. Pastor Larry pulled over and called all the guys to help push, and with
a few rocks of the truck he was free, and John’s pants were covered in smelly mud. Once at the house we quickly moved our luggage and then got to work. Our projects ranged from sifting dirt, painting a bathroom, general yard cleanup, bike repair, and rock/boulder removal.
Later in the day we stared to mix cement to put on the floor of the Steve and Joanne Hohemberger’s house…..the third floor of their house that is. At least we had great weather and a gas cement mixer on site. A vast line was formed with pulleys and ladders so that the cement could get moved from the ground level to the third floor. We were able to finish everything off with no problems in time for dinner. Chuy and his son TJ cooked us up some really nice meat on the grill while the Lord provided us with a good breeze and nice rain.
Wednesday:
Wednesday stared off just like Tuesday ended. A line of people moved bricks and mortar up to the third floor so that a wall could be built on the edge of the floor (I’ll just mention that these building bricks were the size of four normal bricks laid side by side). Ken, Larry, and Natalia continued to work on bike repairs for all the children, with about 3 or 4 fixed yesterday. Julie and Ilene helped out in the kitchen with Joanne and Amy prepping food, squeezing oranges, and washing large piles of dirty dishes. Before lunch a delivery of 3500 tiles had us passing stacks of 6 tiles up by hand to the third floor until the truck had been fully emptied. The hope is that by the end of the week we will be putting the tiles down on the roof as the base of the floor.
Thank you to everyone who is praying for us. We are hoping the Lord continues to protect us and bless us with great weather.
Sunday Fun
7 months ago
Hello all. For those of you who didnt guess already, we made it to Guadalajara safely luggage and all. There was only one small flight delay and minor flight sickness, but other then that the Lord blessed our travels. We got to the Church around 10, had a quick bite to eat (sandwiches and quesadias), and hit the sack.
Sunday morning we got to enjoy the preaching of Pastor Larry Trotter as he talked about Truth ( first in english and then later in spanish). After Church we were able to catch up with old friends from previous years, and make some new ones as well. We spent the afternoon at the Trotte’rs house for our customary cookout……and race. For all those who bet against AJ and thought that John would win, you were WRONG. AJ beat out John in about a 60m dash. It was neck and neck until the end and AJ edged out John for the win. After that we spent time with the Acosta family who joined us at the cookout. Their family consists of Chuy and Amy, their 4 children, and about 10-12 foster children. We will be working at their house Monday through Thursday, and staying with them Tuesday night through Thursday morning. We are expecting the space to be limited, the bathrooms to be sparce, and the work to be plentiful.
So those who are led to pray, pray that we will be patient with one another and safe as we work.
We are unsure on having an internet connection while out in Camichines, so I will post as connection permits. Ill leave you with some pictures of today.
