Prepping for the First Block

All the tools from the Kia must come off and placed where they need to go so the day will run

smoothly for all.  There is order to this first morning though some of us may have wondered.  Later in the day Melanie team member shared we had this process down to a complete science.  Every detail was in place and there was not a problem with how the process proceeded.  If someone did not understand what needed to be done, Pastor Carlos every so gently would explain to them how he wanted it done.  If we at any time made a mistake, Pastor Carlos gingerly shared "No problem". It could be fixed and everyone kept on working to the best of their abilities.  Before lunch time this team had found their calling in all kinds of areas.

Great job team!!!

Every home has a foundation which is 19x25 in dimensions.  But the cornerstone is what lays the foundation of every home.  It has to be exactly right so each block which goes up on this foundation will be placed in perfectly, just like Jesus Christ is our Cornerstone.  Our foundation has to be laid out perfectly and firm.  The only way we can have a firm foundation in Christ the Cornerstone is to have a personal relationship with HIM.  We build our relationship with HIM by being still and in HIS Presence as Charlie shared during his devotional one evening.  Our spiritual foundation takes time which only we can do for ourselves.  We can only build our foundation in Christ our Cornerstone.  It cannot be built by saying I go to church or my family goes to church.  Only you and I as individual's can build our own firm foundation in Christ Jesus.  How firm is your foundation?

The sand has to be sifted to perfection so the mescal can be mixed.  There is a very special recipe for this mixture which later in the week the North Americans learned and now can do it all by themselves.  It takes four wheel barrows of dirt, two bags of cement and I believe 5 buckets of water.  Then you start mixing it a certain way like you are building a volcano.  Do not let it ooze out if so quickly knead it back into the mixture as you get it ready to go between eight hundred blocks which develop into eleven courses and two gables.  In five days all this will become a very gorgeous home which will meet so many needs of this family.

So team learned some new skills, the cornerstone went up in preparation for the first block as the mescal was being mixed.  There was much taking place around this little piece of heaven here on earth and it is all to the glory of our Heavenly Father.  Because without HIM we could not have done anything.  He is our strength and our stronghold even when it is so hot and we are all learning new things. Let say these folks left their comfort zone and found a lot of blessings by being obedient to our Heavenly Father.  Well done good and faithful servants.