It is around 9:45PM and there are still a good number of folks up spending time in fellowship, playing cards, et cetera.  We have had a good day.  It began with Carla & Bob leading us in musical worship.  Pastor Bob then brought the morning message.  It was one of the best messages I have ever heard on Boaz.  All is well!  Thanks for praying!  Here are comments from Jenny Machiela & Pastor Bob.

We had a great day doing the medical part. We saw 306 patients today. The pastor who was in charge of gathering the people to his church for our medical clinic was very nice. He has been  praying for people to come and do a medical  clinic for his people. Most of the patients we saw had back, neck aches and arthiritis.   We  were blessed to have an oral surgeon  along. He saw 59 people and took out many teeth out.  We also made time to play with the kids, and make some new friends. The people were very thankful for us and we were very thankful to bless them too.  (Jenny Machiela)

Pastor Bob here to comment on the construction part of our first day.  In summary we had a great day.  We travelled about 45 minutes (much of it UP to get to the Village we were to build in.  Once we arrived in the Village and unloaded the supplies we travelled UP some more, this time carrying supplies.  Teddie had divided us into 4 construction teams.  One of the teams became the “Concrete Crew” after their first house.  The building went really well.  No one sent to the Hospital.  I believe we built a total of 8 houses the first day, with about 4-6 of them already ‘concreted’.  We came home tired, but a good tired.  Blessings