Final thoughts Friday and Saturday
Friday was a very special day for me. We were going back to CISNA to attended a fathers day ceremony for the fathers that work there and for Jon and Krik who is another full time missionary who lives in El Salvador. The boys made both of them a beautiful handmade metal work scalpture/painting and it was really great to be a asked to attend this celebration. It was truly wonderful to see how much these people love Jon and Danielle down deep in there souls, you can see it in there faces.
We also finished painting the tires around the main area and I think it looked awesome.
As the week came to close last night each of us shared how the week had changed us with the group. The stories each person told as we went around the room will be locked away in my mind forever, lots of tears lots of laughing and a big group hug at the end. Rina's idea and it was a good one.
We accomplished some many things this week that will help in people's day to day lives. But really for me it was the relationships both old and new that so many times this week took my breath away.
The old .. Well not old but I could not think of a better term.
Dave Meyers is so off the charts an amazing person and I can't even begin to tell you! He talked about hope, faith and love and he himself exudes those qualities in the way he lives his life.
The Meyers boys.... I guess let's just leave it at this, if my kids act like these 3 when they are this age Hayley and I will be so blessed. Chrissy and Dave you have and continue to raise amazing children!!
Jon, Danielle Ian and Tory ..... All I can say is wow, I will never have the faith they have, their faith alone I believe will leave a lasting impression in a place that is dangerous and rough and at times totally overwhelming. They have really changed people's lives for real!
The New
The "Pastor" in Usuluton was a very determined man and again to watch someones dream of doing something so simple as baking bread and to help him realize that dream is a felling I have never experience. His smile can light up a very dark place!
Susan, Jake and Nate, I want your parents to understand what kind of young men and women you were this week. I could not be more proud to call you my friends. 100% polite, humble, giving, hard working, funny, thoughtful and overall just great to be around.
Fran and Adrien, our interpreters and overall guides for the week. Now these two have inspried me. They were getting paid this week to translate for us, not much by they way. But the stayed with us the whole time, the worked right beside us the whole time the prayed with us, they laughed with us, they became a complete extention to our team and these guys are off the charts amazing people! I miss you guys already!!!!!! "Fran my man you are in charge this week don't let those discovery guys push you around while I'm not there, you are the supervisor sister!" sorry inside joke.
Rina, this young lady is someone very special Dave said it best at our davosional on Friday. She is going to make a difference in this world in a big way, she will change people's lives.....period!!! What a warm and engaging person!!!
Judy and Fran our hosts who run and live full time at the YWAM base. These two people have teams 24 by 7 in their house ... All the time from all over the place. Think about that for a minute 24 by 7 in your home everyday. I would go nuts !!!! These 2 would have done anything to help us or anyone else around them in their country and just like Jon and Danielle they have no salary or hourly wage they our funded and live by donation. Wonderful people!
Loraine, also lives full time at the base and was another blessing for us she sells snacks to help make money as well to fund her mission work. She is a very sweet person loving and caring and again took great care of us.
Our 2 friends Seth and Unger these guys were a great addition to our team. They were a blast to hang out with and get to know as the week went on! Unger should get his on Salvadorian TV show his is one heck of an entertainer. This guy is so fun to be around. On Friday night we all went to Pizza Hut and Unger told the waitress it was my birthday and the brought out cake and put a paper hat on me and everyone was singing, the guy is just not right!
And last but in no way least David .. He was one of the boys at CISNA that from the moment I stepped foot in the place was hugging me and we got to know each each other over a couple of days. I love this little guy and I will miss his smile. Ingar, Todd, Doc, Coach or Matt if you read this, while your there next week look David up and give him a hug from me!
So what did I learn this week. Dave said it best Faith, Hope and Love if you somehow you combine all of those 3 emotions and you somehow find it in yourself to change the world no one can stop you!
Thank you again to my beautiful wife Hayley for holding down the fort and for all of you who gave your hard earned money to help support this trip. I will never forget what you have done to help us change the world.
Peace G.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Susan Reflections Day 5
I have been in this country for two weeks now. It has been a great honor to see how these people live and their struggles with things like being homeless, hungry, having no parents, etc. When we drive through town and we see all of the houses made of tin and looking shabby I don’t honestly feel anything. I see it as it is and I accept the fact that this is how people live when they have no money. I don’t judge, and I really don’t think about how it must feel to live like that. It feels like this is where I live and that I have seen this my whole life. I am not affected by the poverty here…until I actually get back to the base and think about what I have seen. I look back at the poverty, the homeless sleeping under trees, the beggers shaking cans, and the orphans who, when not talking to anyone, look so gloomy and sad. It is when I reflect back that I am saddened that I have lived in such a great country that I don’t think about the poor and needy enough. This trip has opened my eyes to the fact that I should thank God every day for the gifts he has given me and how blessed I am to have such a great life.
So far this trip I have done so many things and seen so much. I was touched the most when we fed the homeless on the streets. It was fun to have a competition making the meals the fastest, but actually watching the homeless scurry out of their sleeping spots to dash across the street for some food is so touching. I just can go to the refridgerator whenever I want and grab some food to satisfy my hunger, which, unfortunately, is not often hunger but boredom. But these people may eat only once every few days. Not once did I consider the fact that they may be on the streets because they are addicted to drugs or whatever their problems are. I just saw them as people who needed our help, and who, when they received it, were often so grateful. I was touched the most when one little old lady came to the truck in the middle of a mob of homeless asking for a bag of food. Unfortunately we had just run out, and we had no more to give. She took this fact that she missed another meal during the day so easily. She just nodded, smiled, said “Thank you”, ”God bless you”, and blew us kisses. She was so cute and it saddened me that we could not feed her, let alone everyone. But this little old lady gave me courage. If she can handle not having food, then I think I should be able to handle a little bit of extra work or heat or whatever silly little things I complain about during the day.
I appreciate the possibility I have had to come to this country and to see what I have seen and to be encouraged and inspired by the people I have met and worked with here.
So far this trip I have done so many things and seen so much. I was touched the most when we fed the homeless on the streets. It was fun to have a competition making the meals the fastest, but actually watching the homeless scurry out of their sleeping spots to dash across the street for some food is so touching. I just can go to the refridgerator whenever I want and grab some food to satisfy my hunger, which, unfortunately, is not often hunger but boredom. But these people may eat only once every few days. Not once did I consider the fact that they may be on the streets because they are addicted to drugs or whatever their problems are. I just saw them as people who needed our help, and who, when they received it, were often so grateful. I was touched the most when one little old lady came to the truck in the middle of a mob of homeless asking for a bag of food. Unfortunately we had just run out, and we had no more to give. She took this fact that she missed another meal during the day so easily. She just nodded, smiled, said “Thank you”, ”God bless you”, and blew us kisses. She was so cute and it saddened me that we could not feed her, let alone everyone. But this little old lady gave me courage. If she can handle not having food, then I think I should be able to handle a little bit of extra work or heat or whatever silly little things I complain about during the day.
I appreciate the possibility I have had to come to this country and to see what I have seen and to be encouraged and inspired by the people I have met and worked with here.
Ben Meyers take on day 4
We started off the day as usual, dragging our feet out of bed at 7 in the morning (around that time). We went to the dining area and had fresh fruit, cereal, and a variety of fruit juices. Today we were going to go to a water park with the kids from the orphanage of CISNA to play soccer, swim, and have a great time. The coolers were packed with our own hand-made lunches and headed out.
When we got to CISNA, we were greeted with the smiles of new and familiar faces. CISNA had drastically improved since last time I visited. I remembered a time when the place was crowded with over 100 orphans. A few years ago the paint of the cafeteria was chipping off, there were bare mattresses on the floor in the bedrooms, and the bathrooms were a mess. This year everything changed. there were around 40 or 50 kids this year. Everything had been repainted and refurbished. The beds had sheets and the bathrooms were much cleaner than the past. They had a working pool and John Snider had even set up a new computer lab. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
The kids and tios and tias ( the orphans called everyone this who wasn’t a kid) piled into the vans and headed for the water park. The water park wasn’t quite what I expected. I imaged a place similar to the water parks we had in America with giant wave pulls, water slides, and large crowds. This reminded me more of a large community pool. They had one pool, a soccer field, and a large pavilion. The water park was on a large hill with a great view of a bottomless lake. There were many volcanos and mountains containing vast amounts of lush vegetation and wildlife.
We spent most of our time attempting to compete in an embarrassing game of soccer. I tried to demonstrate my great athletic ability to the other players but failed. The gringos were crushed by the Salvadorians with a score of 1 to 4. During our game our director John sprained his ankle. We all hope he gets well soon.
Finally we left the water park and got a chance to go down to a dock and get a better look at the dock. We then headed back to the base and played a great game of water polo and had a great chicken dinner.
When we got to CISNA, we were greeted with the smiles of new and familiar faces. CISNA had drastically improved since last time I visited. I remembered a time when the place was crowded with over 100 orphans. A few years ago the paint of the cafeteria was chipping off, there were bare mattresses on the floor in the bedrooms, and the bathrooms were a mess. This year everything changed. there were around 40 or 50 kids this year. Everything had been repainted and refurbished. The beds had sheets and the bathrooms were much cleaner than the past. They had a working pool and John Snider had even set up a new computer lab. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
The kids and tios and tias ( the orphans called everyone this who wasn’t a kid) piled into the vans and headed for the water park. The water park wasn’t quite what I expected. I imaged a place similar to the water parks we had in America with giant wave pulls, water slides, and large crowds. This reminded me more of a large community pool. They had one pool, a soccer field, and a large pavilion. The water park was on a large hill with a great view of a bottomless lake. There were many volcanos and mountains containing vast amounts of lush vegetation and wildlife.
We spent most of our time attempting to compete in an embarrassing game of soccer. I tried to demonstrate my great athletic ability to the other players but failed. The gringos were crushed by the Salvadorians with a score of 1 to 4. During our game our director John sprained his ankle. We all hope he gets well soon.
Finally we left the water park and got a chance to go down to a dock and get a better look at the dock. We then headed back to the base and played a great game of water polo and had a great chicken dinner.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Day 5
Hi everyone,
Got up early today and headed over to CISNA this is a boys home. We got there and Jon took us on a tour. The place looks really great compared to what I had heard about it in the past. A group had just been there this week and did a bunch of painting so it was pretty clean and boys were glad to see us. I got a big hug from a boy named David which was just awesome. David and I got to become amigos today! It was great.
We were able today to take all of the boys to a water park with the extra money that had been given to us by all of you reading this blog. Not like a water park as we think of the words water park. It was a park like a state park but is owned by Coke they let their employees use it I believe we had a local connection that helped us get the tickets. The place had 2 pools a play ground and and a soccer field.
The El Salvador boys hit the pools as soon as we got there. We got organized and we started blowing up beach balls for them which the loved. It was great to see all of the big smiles on their faces.
Let's talk about Soccer for a minute. I have now been here 5 days and I have played more soccer in the last 5 days then in my whole life and the truth is im not very good. However all of the guys I'm with are very good and the boys from CISNA were ready for a big game against us. So the first half went well and we were only behind by 2 goals and then it happened. Jon and another boy were going for the ball and Jon fell and twisted his ankle. Jon is our fearless leader down here having him go down was not what any of us had expected to happen. So we helped him off the field and got him ice right away and Fran took him off to the hospital. Its not broken but he did sprain it and will be off his feet for a few days or at least on cruches as best I could tell. So a few extra prayers for Jon and his family we be a great thing tonight as you go to bed.
I'll have some pictures up from the water park as soon as I can because the view was unreal. We were way up above a lake at the base of a volcano. It was really breath taking scenery.
We rode home through the city which looks a lot different in daylight. Really crowded and kind of crazy with people all over the place. But we are all save and sound back at YWAM and getting ready for dinner. Nothing crazy on tap for tonight we are taking it easy.
Peace G.
Got up early today and headed over to CISNA this is a boys home. We got there and Jon took us on a tour. The place looks really great compared to what I had heard about it in the past. A group had just been there this week and did a bunch of painting so it was pretty clean and boys were glad to see us. I got a big hug from a boy named David which was just awesome. David and I got to become amigos today! It was great.
We were able today to take all of the boys to a water park with the extra money that had been given to us by all of you reading this blog. Not like a water park as we think of the words water park. It was a park like a state park but is owned by Coke they let their employees use it I believe we had a local connection that helped us get the tickets. The place had 2 pools a play ground and and a soccer field.
The El Salvador boys hit the pools as soon as we got there. We got organized and we started blowing up beach balls for them which the loved. It was great to see all of the big smiles on their faces.
Let's talk about Soccer for a minute. I have now been here 5 days and I have played more soccer in the last 5 days then in my whole life and the truth is im not very good. However all of the guys I'm with are very good and the boys from CISNA were ready for a big game against us. So the first half went well and we were only behind by 2 goals and then it happened. Jon and another boy were going for the ball and Jon fell and twisted his ankle. Jon is our fearless leader down here having him go down was not what any of us had expected to happen. So we helped him off the field and got him ice right away and Fran took him off to the hospital. Its not broken but he did sprain it and will be off his feet for a few days or at least on cruches as best I could tell. So a few extra prayers for Jon and his family we be a great thing tonight as you go to bed.
I'll have some pictures up from the water park as soon as I can because the view was unreal. We were way up above a lake at the base of a volcano. It was really breath taking scenery.
We rode home through the city which looks a lot different in daylight. Really crowded and kind of crazy with people all over the place. But we are all save and sound back at YWAM and getting ready for dinner. Nothing crazy on tap for tonight we are taking it easy.
Peace G.
Day 4 - written by jake
This is written by Jake Gregory.
Today we woke up around 9:00 am. Everyone was very happy that we had lots of pancakes for breakfast, along with bananas and strawberries. After we enjoyed our breakfast we sorted through all of the clothes that we donated to us. Shorty after we took in some of the homeless. Where each of us were goven jobs to do. The adults talked to the homless while Ben, Drew, and Susan cooked and served the food, and Nate and I stood at the door for security. As the homeless arrived they recieved a shower, food to eat, and new clothes. After the homeless had left, and everything was put away we ate our food. After lunch some of the adults went to get food for later when we would make, and deliver food for the homeless. As we made the food for the homeless we had some competition amoung the helpers. Mainly the rivalry between Ben and I for the fastest sandwich bag opener ( were we ended up tying). Once we ran out of food to finish the meals we loaded up the pick-up truck, and handed food to the homeless. While we were on our route we got to in to downtown. While in downtown we had places were we had one or two people to feed, and others where we had people chasing us in crowds around 15 to 20. Towards the end of our route we had a huge crowd of 20 or more chasing us. We eventually ran out of food, and had about 10 to 15 more to feed. This being my first time on a mission trip or even feeding the homeless I was truely shock at how far the people would run for food no matter the age ( Their was an old woman running at the front of the line beating a person on a bike). When we gave out our last bag of food we returned back to where we were staying around 10:30 where we got ready for the next day.
Today we woke up around 9:00 am. Everyone was very happy that we had lots of pancakes for breakfast, along with bananas and strawberries. After we enjoyed our breakfast we sorted through all of the clothes that we donated to us. Shorty after we took in some of the homeless. Where each of us were goven jobs to do. The adults talked to the homless while Ben, Drew, and Susan cooked and served the food, and Nate and I stood at the door for security. As the homeless arrived they recieved a shower, food to eat, and new clothes. After the homeless had left, and everything was put away we ate our food. After lunch some of the adults went to get food for later when we would make, and deliver food for the homeless. As we made the food for the homeless we had some competition amoung the helpers. Mainly the rivalry between Ben and I for the fastest sandwich bag opener ( were we ended up tying). Once we ran out of food to finish the meals we loaded up the pick-up truck, and handed food to the homeless. While we were on our route we got to in to downtown. While in downtown we had places were we had one or two people to feed, and others where we had people chasing us in crowds around 15 to 20. Towards the end of our route we had a huge crowd of 20 or more chasing us. We eventually ran out of food, and had about 10 to 15 more to feed. This being my first time on a mission trip or even feeding the homeless I was truely shock at how far the people would run for food no matter the age ( Their was an old woman running at the front of the line beating a person on a bike). When we gave out our last bag of food we returned back to where we were staying around 10:30 where we got ready for the next day.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Day 3 Monday Usulutan
Hi this is drew myers.
Today we woke up to the fresh smell of dead bugs! Fran (one of our translators) made a barrier of bug spray around him last night and found, in his words, hundreds of bugs were the bug spray was! After cleaning up our space were we slept, we continued our work on the roof. All day, everyone thought that our roof would not be finished at the pace that we were working at, but I said all along that it would be done. Even the pastor had thought that it could not be done. But in a matter of four hours, we had completed five times the amount of work that we had done the previous day. We had finished the cross sections, and the unthinkable had become true. At that point a lady came over with two chickens which was an odd site. Now all that was left was the stell roofing. After a few minutes of rest and thought, we found a good system for placing the panels on top of the wooden frame. Before we started back up again, we had a pleasant home made lunch of Mac and cheese. I helped make it along with Rina, Jake, and Rochelle. Rochelle had neve made Mac and cheese before, so she had slot of different ideas on how it should be made. First she tried to put the noodles in chicken broth! Next she wanted to know when it would be fried. Lastly when we were done she wanted to know when the cheese comes
in and if it needed to be fried now! In the end, it turned out to be a very good lunch. While we were eating lunch, Nathan was feeding stray dogs with coconuts that the pastor cut for him. After lunch, I asked a few people how much of the roof would be completed by the end of the day. Some said half, and some said quarter. I still had faith that god would come through for us and help us complete the roof.around five o'clock, the roof only needed one more panel. Right as we were getting ready to finish it, Jon and Ben came back to help us finish. About ten minutes after they had arrived, we had finished the entire roof that had thought to have been not finished! After the roof was done, we traveled on a rocky boat to an island called Montecristo. We played soccer there and bought some fresh el salvadorian cashews. Then we went to see one of the most interesting places that I had ever seen before. It was a beach with an ocean on one side, a calm lake on the other side of it, and two volcanos standing tall behind the lake! It was amazing to see those three totally different terrains all together as one.
When we got back to the pastor's church, we ate dinner. It looked delicious, and they made bread out of the oven in the bakery that we built! But when we looked down on our plate to see what we were eating, we saw that there was chicken that looked quite familiar. Those two chickens that the lady brought to the church was an offering to us from the community for building them a bakery! After dinner, we said goodbye and went back to the YWAM base. We went to bed and prepared for another day in El Salvador.
Today we woke up to the fresh smell of dead bugs! Fran (one of our translators) made a barrier of bug spray around him last night and found, in his words, hundreds of bugs were the bug spray was! After cleaning up our space were we slept, we continued our work on the roof. All day, everyone thought that our roof would not be finished at the pace that we were working at, but I said all along that it would be done. Even the pastor had thought that it could not be done. But in a matter of four hours, we had completed five times the amount of work that we had done the previous day. We had finished the cross sections, and the unthinkable had become true. At that point a lady came over with two chickens which was an odd site. Now all that was left was the stell roofing. After a few minutes of rest and thought, we found a good system for placing the panels on top of the wooden frame. Before we started back up again, we had a pleasant home made lunch of Mac and cheese. I helped make it along with Rina, Jake, and Rochelle. Rochelle had neve made Mac and cheese before, so she had slot of different ideas on how it should be made. First she tried to put the noodles in chicken broth! Next she wanted to know when it would be fried. Lastly when we were done she wanted to know when the cheese comes
in and if it needed to be fried now! In the end, it turned out to be a very good lunch. While we were eating lunch, Nathan was feeding stray dogs with coconuts that the pastor cut for him. After lunch, I asked a few people how much of the roof would be completed by the end of the day. Some said half, and some said quarter. I still had faith that god would come through for us and help us complete the roof.around five o'clock, the roof only needed one more panel. Right as we were getting ready to finish it, Jon and Ben came back to help us finish. About ten minutes after they had arrived, we had finished the entire roof that had thought to have been not finished! After the roof was done, we traveled on a rocky boat to an island called Montecristo. We played soccer there and bought some fresh el salvadorian cashews. Then we went to see one of the most interesting places that I had ever seen before. It was a beach with an ocean on one side, a calm lake on the other side of it, and two volcanos standing tall behind the lake! It was amazing to see those three totally different terrains all together as one.
When we got back to the pastor's church, we ate dinner. It looked delicious, and they made bread out of the oven in the bakery that we built! But when we looked down on our plate to see what we were eating, we saw that there was chicken that looked quite familiar. Those two chickens that the lady brought to the church was an offering to us from the community for building them a bakery! After dinner, we said goodbye and went back to the YWAM base. We went to bed and prepared for another day in El Salvador.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Day 2 Sunday
Got up at that YWAM base and had some fresh Papaya for breakfast. We packed up our bags and loaded all the tools and food and headed out to Uslutan very remote city about 2 hours out side of the city.
The boys and I rode in the back of the Jon's truck it was a blast I havent ridden in the back of a pickup since my days growing up in mars. The scenery quickly changed from city to beautiful mountains.
The amount of people that live in the small villages that are scattered through
the mountains is amazing. Adults and children along the side of the road carrying various things riding bikes or waiting to catch a bus. Lots of small crowed buses.
Down a few dirt roads and past sugar cane and corn crops and lots of live stock and wild dogs. We got to the church and unloaded everything. It was hot, not like just regular hot it was really hot and humid.
Here we met Pastor, a man who had grown up in this area and now runs this church. The bakery has been under construction for over a year as they scrape together money to buy the needed supplies to put it together. The people in this village live on less then $2 a day. Our plan is to try and finish off the roof along with building some rock walls were the oven is going to go to keep out some of the mud when it rains.
We get started working on the roof and the boys are just having some fun looking around and Ben decides he is going to climb a coconut tree and he did pretty well that is until he got attacked by about a million ants. He had been bitten over his back and chest, so his Dad and Jon got him into the shower, now that is interesting because their is no running water here, the shower is a shed by a well, you pump the water and get buckets and use use the buckets to dump the water over you. So Ben went back into town with Jon and stayed at Jon's house and got a shot of benidryl and will rejoin us on Monday night.
The boys, Susan and Rina started working on the stone walls and Dave and I the pastor and our intreputers and guides Fran, Adrian and another Fran helped us get started cutting the final trusses for the roof. The wood here is almost as hard at steal! Couple that with some dull drill buts, 2 wooden ladders and the heat and it became a very long process.
Local women came over and made us dinner. Papaus this local dish it is like a pancake filled with beans and chezze. It was very good. We took turns getting in the outdoor shower and then we all got are mats set up on the church floor.
So the team did a great job moving the rocks and built up the walls. The roof well, we will have to see what we can get done on Monday more to come on that story.
All I can say is wow, this last 12 hours are something I will never forget. The sites the smell and just being in the middle of a place you would see on TV that you would say man that is hard to believe people live there, well let me tell you people live here and the reality of that is shocking.
good night all ....missing my Ryan home in the" classic community" right now in a big way (the same one I make fun of for not being built very well). That's a joke.
Just final note Ben is doing great so don't worry Chrissy !!!!!
Peace and love G.
Thanks, G.
Got up at that YWAM base and had some fresh Papaya for breakfast. We packed up our bags and loaded all the tools and food and headed out to Uslutan very remote city about 2 hours out side of the city.
The boys and I rode in the back of the Jon's truck it was a blast I havent ridden in the back of a pickup since my days growing up in mars. The scenery quickly changed from city to beautiful mountains.
The amount of people that live in the small villages that are scattered through
the mountains is amazing. Adults and children along the side of the road carrying various things riding bikes or waiting to catch a bus. Lots of small crowed buses.
Down a few dirt roads and past sugar cane and corn crops and lots of live stock and wild dogs. We got to the church and unloaded everything. It was hot, not like just regular hot it was really hot and humid.
Here we met Pastor, a man who had grown up in this area and now runs this church. The bakery has been under construction for over a year as they scrape together money to buy the needed supplies to put it together. The people in this village live on less then $2 a day. Our plan is to try and finish off the roof along with building some rock walls were the oven is going to go to keep out some of the mud when it rains.
We get started working on the roof and the boys are just having some fun looking around and Ben decides he is going to climb a coconut tree and he did pretty well that is until he got attacked by about a million ants. He had been bitten over his back and chest, so his Dad and Jon got him into the shower, now that is interesting because their is no running water here, the shower is a shed by a well, you pump the water and get buckets and use use the buckets to dump the water over you. So Ben went back into town with Jon and stayed at Jon's house and got a shot of benidryl and will rejoin us on Monday night.
The boys, Susan and Rina started working on the stone walls and Dave and I the pastor and our intreputers and guides Fran, Adrian and another Fran helped us get started cutting the final trusses for the roof. The wood here is almost as hard at steal! Couple that with some dull drill buts, 2 wooden ladders and the heat and it became a very long process.
Local women came over and made us dinner. Papaus this local dish it is like a pancake filled with beans and chezze. It was very good. We took turns getting in the outdoor shower and then we all got are mats set up on the church floor.
So the team did a great job moving the rocks and built up the walls. The roof well, we will have to see what we can get done on Monday more to come on that story.
All I can say is wow, this last 12 hours are something I will never forget. The sites the smell and just being in the middle of a place you would see on TV that you would say man that is hard to believe people live there, well let me tell you people live here and the reality of that is shocking.
good night all ....missing my Ryan home in the" classic community" right now in a big way (the same one I make fun of for not being built very well). That's a joke.
Just final note Ben is doing great so don't worry Chrissy !!!!!
Peace and love G.
Thanks, G.
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