Our Day Continues

After praying we started unloading the Kia with the materials for the construction of the home.  Everyone pitched in and took things where they needed to go.  Mike was grateful for such a strong group of men willing to come and serve the Lord.  Team leader Danny and Tino unloaded the tool box, while the others unloaded those heavy boards for the water coolers.  Every detail is so important for these mission teams.  First of all we find a shaded area to set these boards to be able to place the coolers and job bag upon. This is most needed for the hydration of every team.  The heat here is more intense than back home.  We have to provide a means of cooling for our friends who come here to serve with us.  We always want what is best for our North American families.  They come and give us five hard days of work, we need to provide them with comfort as much as can be given.  We are forever grateful for those who come here and serve beside us.

Pastor Carlos and Pastor Jose, pastor of the church we are serving beside started working on the cornerstones.  Several of our guys stood back and watched one of them go in and proceeded to go to the others and get them set.  Eddie ended up working closely by Pastor Carlos that morning and was able to learn so much from the master of construction.  Eddie had done construction before but the Honduran way was new for Eddie and enjoyed learning a new method of serving the Lord.  Jimmy shared they were building a huge building in his family one time and use the same mechanism as Pastor Carlos for the level of the corners.  It is awesome to be able to share and be flexible in learning new ways of construction and end up doing such a great job.   Our guys learned quickly and helped get the cornerstones ready for the first block.

Josh volunteered to be the block cutter all week.  Josh worked beside Mike for a while until he was ready to be turned loose.  Josh thank you so much for taking on this huge task for Mike.  Mike appreciated the break this week from cutting all the block.  You were our God moment this week as far as the block cutting went.  The first evening Mike asked did anyone want to cut the block for the week, silence for a short time and Josh spoke and said I would be glad to do it.  Mike rejoiced in the volunteer.  This is not a task taken lightly.  It is very hard work and it can be tedious as the week progresses with different measures of block.  This person has to be willing to stop what he may be doing when Pastor Carlos shouts," 12 1/2 inches por favor".  Josh never knew what size would be shouted at any given time.  He stopped whatever he was doing went over and cut the size requested.  Thank you Josh for being Mike's blessing this week.