Many hands make light work

 Today was our second full work day and today we continued with the painting of the church in La Ceibita.  But before we arrived at the church we had the chance to stop at the grade school and say hi to the kids and teachers.  We got such a wonderful welcome from the kids and were almost bowled over with hugs.  So amazing and awesome to feel so welcome.  They are such great kids.  I wanted to chat with the principal about future projects but he was not at the school so we planned on having me come back later on that day.  

So we headed back to the church and began with painting for the day.  Some of the team got to go and help get the food ready for the kids in the feeding center and they had a blast learning how to make tortillas from scratch.  

The painting of the church was lots of touch up and busy work going around posts and filling in spots and took some time to do. The backside of the church had never been painted so that required a few different coats to get it to take.  

I woke up with a cold which kind of stinks but so far it hasn’t been bad enough to knock me down.  It did require a few extra breaks for me today though as I was feeling a little low on energy.  

A mix of helping in the feeding center, home visits and work on the church, kept the team busy today.  

At one point in the day during one of my breaks, I took a walk around the church and just smiled at the amount of community members and church members that were there that day helping.  Even kids as young as 9 were helping to paint.  It was such a wonderful thing to see.  It seems no one needs to ask for help, people just step up and do it.  

Later in the afternoon I drove back to the school to meet with the principal.  The purpose of the meeting was to find out what kind of projects the school wants our youth team to be doing while they are here at the end of June.  It was a great meeting and Xavier the principal is energetic and enthusiastic . 

Back to the church to keep painting and do the finishing touches while half of the team went out into the community do home visits.  

We finished the painting of the church in good time and everyone seems happy with the result!  Because we got done a little early, I took the team for ice cream to cool off from the day.  Then time for dinner and devotions as usual.  Our devotions are some of the most sacred time we have in the days besides visiting with the community members.  We spend time in the word and singing and praying and sharing from the day.  It’s always great to hear about everyone’s experiences because you get a different perspective even from the same event.  The team is really bonding, not only with each other but also with the community and making new friends.  It’s only day two and it’s been a great week.  

Tomorrow we head over to Tocoa to the other feeding center and our project for the next two days is going to be building a shelter.  Fun! 

Blessings,

Shelley 































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