A Hard Day's Work

Today was a long day of hard work for the team. I asked them to come together today as a team, work hard in very hot and humid conditions, and stay focused on the goal. They did an awesome job, and completed cutting all of the lumber to size and shape, sanded about 75% of the boards, and started staining some of the pieces. We start again tomorrow, and are on track to complete 12 beds in time to deliver them this week. During the day we also took some time out to play with the children at the Limon day care and nutrition center. A brother and sister were captured on the see saw here.

Just before dinner Levi took several of us from Elevate and Cedar Creek out to see one of the families that were given a bed by the last team. GCLA became aware of this family thru the nutrition center contacts at the hospital. The youngest child was recently hospitalized with malnutrition and the church is doing what it can to help the family recover. The conditions these poorest of the poor live in is hard to believe in the 21st century. It definitely puts our lives of luxury in perspective. They live with no electricity, and a home made of logs and sticks, and pieces of tarp and plastic that would be thrown the garbage by American's. It is heartbreaking to see the conditions of this next generation.