Thursday and we are working!

Before I forget, last night for dinner we had some very special guest. Steve Osborn's wife, Sheryl and their son Joshua joined the team (just for the day, but who can leave 58 kids for any longer?). The Osborn's run Love the Child and presently have 58 children (48 are under 5 years of age) in their care. Sheryl shared a piece of their journey. They are a gift from God for so many orphan children here.

After dinner we were blessed to have Bill Vasey speak to us about his call from the Lord. Bill is known for his work on translating the Bible into the Quiche' language (just to name one thing). He is a missionary here in Guatemala serving Primitive Methodist Church. He encouraged us to go home and tell our church how important our work here is to the local missionaries. When groups like ours show up to work here, the local people see the Lord's eyes through our eyes, they see His hands, His feet, His love. This opens the door for the missionary to speak of God's love for them. We do these things because God loves them and he calls us to share that love. He was an inspiration to us!

Right after breakfast we set out as a team. Four trucks filled with tools, working hands, and loving spirits. We are almost done with 4 new homes! Three of the four sites have the concrete poured, the siding up, roof done, and most of the trim work completed. Did I mention that it rained most of the day? That no one complained as we all continued to work on the homes!

So, we're down to one slab to do (work horse Chinn required), 4 front doors (complete with handles) and some finishing trim on a couple (Bruce is getting very handy with the chain saw)... we also decided to do a couple of mini-porches on two of the homes (if we schlepped the concrete out there, we are going to use every bag!). Our goal is to be done shortly after lunch tomorrow.

We have our scholarship dinner in the evening. RPC members sponsor 173 children and they are ALL joining us for dinner!

Keep praying, we're not done yet!