We have a long To-Do list to prepare for the donors that are coming on Tuesday including:
- Finishing our Hydroponics Project - Cleaning out the Galera's - Getting the weeds off of the Galera's - Finishing the septic tank drainage hole - Cutting grass (see Yardwork for full appreciation) - Moving cement chunks big and small - Picking up trash So far we have done allot of work on the Galeras with cutting grass with Roberto and Angel, moving pallets of wood, removing tarps, taking weeds off etc. We have begun to level and cement the hydroponics frames. We do not have school Thursday or Friday, the 5th-8th graders will come from 7-12 to help us clean walls, move cement chunks, de-weed, whatever they can help with. It's allot of fun. I was up on an old shed on a board cutting weeds off of the top of the Galera, it was so fun. It's tough work but the family we get to work in makes it so enjoyable. All for Jesus! He tends to make you enjoy the work you wind up doing for Him anyway, pray that we get it all done on time and correctly.
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Who owns a riding lawn mower? Not us. Who owns a self propelled mower? Not us. Who owns a push mower? Not us. Who owns one of those green metal rotating blade "lawnmowers" on wheels? Not us. Who owns a machete? Jacob. Jesus is good at providing, that right there is not sarcasm, and never will be. If we need a drill, we ask Ines, Roberto, or Carlos. If we need a drill bit, we ask Carlos. If we need screws, usually Roberto. Roberto and Angel will help cut grass with a machete when we need it. We use buckets from our neighbors, there is one "machine" (weed-eater) which is generally hard to get hold of. It's amazing to see this level of community, even if it is insanely frustrating sometimes chasing something down based off word of mouth because someone else generally has what you need, usually across the village, until you get there, but it builds patience. If you want to try cut your grass with a dull machete, 1) you don't deserve your lawn mower, appreciate it more, give it a hug or give it to us 2) you won't get anywhere until a Honduran teaches you how by doing a few square feet for you 3) you are lacking spiritual guidance, read your bible more 4) it'll take a few days once you muster up the motivation to start, then continue, then post about it before you actually finish.
Today we had 45 gringos come representing multiple churches in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. They provided medical attention to the students and families that wanted to come. They shared the Gospel, helped lay the pipes to drain the septic tank, helped dig holes to set up an irrigation system to grow food for the school to become more self-reliant. We had to clean up the ditch, mark spots for digging, obtain shovels, pick axes, pole diggers and buckets in preparation. We worked 8-12 with a bunch of fun dudes, I was covered in mud, got sunburnt, and I officially wore through my jeans. It was an amazing day. This little girl is Soy, I'm not sure about the spelling but she is Maria's little sister, she is precious. The plan was to dig this ditch back to an already dug hole. I've been working on it early whenever Andrea hasn't been there for our lessons. So we made it to the sugar cane fields, and the hole was pretty filled in from what I could tell, and there was grass, it was almost like there wasn't even a hole! It was crazy. So now we are gonna dig 6 feet by 6 feet until we find this hole! HA! Y'all wish you could get to do it, but you don't, it's mine. I forgot to take a picture though. The ground is insanely hard most days so we dig allot right after it rains. Sorry, I meant rained. Little Angel is letting me know that it is in past tense, so, I guess I've got more work to do so I can properly teach English, or at least speak it. Here's Little Angel, trying to avoid pictures.
Since Monday we've dug the ditch for the septic tank draining pipe, it needs to be approximately 100 feet long and angled from 6 inches deep at the beginning to 5 feet deep at the end, it's about a foot and a half wide, and we have to cut the brush back, some of which is taller than me, with a machete. We work after school ends, but whenever Andrea is not at school on the days that I am supposed to work with her, I start an hour before school ends. God provides endurance whenever we work and sometimes a little Honduran dude named Angel who will give advice on how to swing a pick-axe, dig a hole, and use a machete to cut grass (man I appreciate lawnmowers). These are the main projects we've been working on in addition to giving and receiving language lessons with the local teachers after school, and teaching every day 7-2. It's amazing, working solely as a volunteer to glorify Christ gives so much more satisfaction than working for money ever has for me, I'm exhausted but I love it. Plus, He has blessed me with a bunch of new blisters, whoop whoop. The little kid is Dylan, he helped me pick up trash around the village with Rachel and Deborah, wouldn't have made it without him! |
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