Thursday night and all is well. On Monday I spent the day mixing, pouring and finishing concrete. Hard work to say the least. Someone asked me that evening if I enjoyed concrete work. I replied, “Of course not…I can think of about 100 different things I’d rather do that finish concrete.” But here’s the point…pouring concrete is just a small part of a bigger picture. I don’t necessarily like some of the work but I sure do enjoy seeing a family moving into a new dwelling. I think about it like this…. I cannot imagine eating a handful of dry flour…or a handful of butter…or a handful of all the stuff that you put in a bowl to make biscuits…But when you mix all that together, cut them into small circles and put them in the oven for a while…the end result is delicious. All the work that goes in to coming to another country for a week…leaving your family, doing work you’re not used to, sleeping in a bunk bed, sharing a bathroom, sleeping in the room with people who snore louder than the fan we brought to drown them out, none of that is really thrilling. But the end result is more than fulfilling. So, I am happy to have been a part of a wonderful week. I will be back. mm
February 8th, 2007
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007THURSDAY MORNING
Thursday, February 8th, 2007As always, it seems unreal that another week of doing missions/ministry has basically come and gone. Today is our final day of scheduled ministry opportunities as tomorrow will be a travel day.
Yesterday, Tom Werkema & Brian Koeman went back to Panimaquin and almost finished the block work on that house. You can view some pictures on that work on this site.
The rest of the team went to El Rejon where we did a medical clinic seeing 180 or so patients (I haven’t confirmed the numbers with Laurie King), built four more houses, poured cement in six more houses, had a preaching service, and gave away food & clothes. It was a long day as we left here at 8:30AM and didn’t get back to the mission house until 7:00PM. There were some tired folks last night.
As usual, we came back to a great meal which had been prepared by Jan Koeman, Carla Mast, and Deb Vander Kooy. Our day had begun by enjoying a great breakfast which had been prepared by Clara Broadus & Roy Johns. The folks who have helped with the cooking this week have certainly made sure that we haven’t starved and I appreciate their ministry!
Hopefully, there will be more pictures uploaded today. I will update either tonight or in the morning. Please keep praying for us.