Day 8

Our last work day!  How has the week gone by so quickly? 

When we arrived today the local congregation had worked hard the evening before to level out the church floor so it would be ready to pour.  Here we can see the inside of the church after it had been poured and these gentlemen are putting the finish on.  

We taught the kids how to make funny faces for the camera today.  They also got a hold of Melissa’s camera and took about 200 pictures.  (our typical average was between 35 and 50)

Jumping rope.  They were really good at it and had obviously done it a lot before. They out-jumped all of us who tried (except for maybe Steve who impressed us with his jumping skills)

The guys got a chance to play a little today too (not sure how they had the energy after mixing and pouring all that concrete today!)  Our ball (pelota! Yep we are learning some Spanish) ended up quite flat after hitting the barbwire fence more times than we can count, but they didn't care and just kept playing. 

Here we are all done!  The building is finished as far as we can and the congregation will finish it. 

So many changes we have noticed this week.  The obvious being the church building being built.  The other is the bonds that have formed with the community we worked side by side with this week.  The first day everyone seemed a bit uncertain, the kids were timid, and it was hard to communicate.  Today we noted all that was gone.  We are all brothers and sisters in Christ and look forward to worshiping with them tomorrow in the new church!