One thing about having a large group is that you get to meet new people. There are quite a few people in this group that I hadn't met before, either from the Keys or from TN. Working side by side with them always gives you plenty of time to talk. There are so many great people on this team and lots of great young people who have a passion for serving. It's always a blast to hear peoples stories and why they are here and things they are doing back home. Just one day of working with people you just met and you feel like you've known them forever.
So today I was working outside and thinking about how hot it was and how much I was sweating and how great a dip in the pool was going to be at the hotel tonight then I stopped and had a quick laugh as I thought about how much closer I am to the equator and yet it isn't 105 degrees here but it is at home. Just the thought of not being there and being here instead put a smile on my face haha. It really was quite warm though but not as warm as the southeast right now although supposedly you can get sunburned more easily down here.
Today we got started on our projects at the Church just outside of Catacamas. A group painted while a group started putting up a chain link fence around the 2 and a half acre property. The post were already set but they wanted a trench dug at the bottom so that the bottom of the fence could sit in a few inches of concrete to keep kids from crawling under it. So I swung a pick for about 5 hours today. Kinda tired but the fence is coming along nicely. The church has a feeding center for kids in the area and they are fencing in their property in order to start a garden and Tilapia pond. The pond is built but dry due to the lack of rainfall. We had a group get started on the garden today similar to the one in Mololoa just a bit larger. This group definitely got it's first good day of work in. Lots of tired bodies are rolling into bed right now. There really weren't any great stories to tell from today except for Norlan driving the bus 20 minutes completely in the wrong direction while trying to get to the church this morning. The community that we are working in is a very poor area. There are roughly 270 people with a lot of those being kids. I forget how many kids the feeding center feeds but it is quite a few. The people from the Church are so eager to help us no matter what we are doing. They dug trenches and set fence post and helped with the garden and gave 110% just like the gringo's did. It's really great to see how much they are encouraged by seeing their brothers and sisters in Christ travel such a long way to help them in whatever way we can. They don't just sit back and watch, they jump in and want to help and learn and get to know you.
Hopefully the heat won't be too bad for you guys this weekend. I'll drink an extra bag of water tomorrow just for you.
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