Arrival Day and Work Day 1
Arrival Day:
Flights here arrived smoothly and we arrived at the base safe and sound. We arrived early enough that we hit the ground running.
We were able to get all the clothes, toys, etc organized. We even bagged some meds. Bedtime came early since we had been up since about
11 o’clock Sunday night with only little naps to sustain us.
Work Day 1:
We were up at 5am and out the door by 6. We were in the van for about 2 hours and just as we were getting there about to go down
the last steep hill we had to pull over due to one of the vans brakes smoking horrifically. It took 2 trips to get us down to the work site.
We split into four groups to build four houses. All on different “levels”. We got all wals up with drywall and outside board and the drywall
mudded. We all had fun playing with the kids after they got out of school. Everyone emptied their candy bags. Matt had fun running up and down
the very steep path that we all had to use to get to our houses. Stacie had all the girls following her around and they all wanted to come
back with her. We enjoyed a great lunch of rice, beans and tortillas. At the end of the day we got hurried along so that we wouldn’t have to try
and make it back up the hill in the dark because we didn’t know if the one vans breaks would hold.We made it up the hill with little problems.
Just Dan having to have his foot through the floor to get us enough gas to make it up. We had a wonderful dinner and are waiting to have devotions.
Please keep us in your prayers as we go to the work site again tomorrow and have dedication day on Thursday.
