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.

Day 4

Well today was a work hard all day sort of day. We worked on cutting, sanding and staining the bed pieces. Hard work for hard works sake gets you no where. I think that is what God spoke to me. I mean in anything we do if we are not doing it for him and his kingdom then it is really for nothing. What he gives he also can take away. Our Families, our jobs, our hobbies, and our past times are all from God. The work you put into any and all should be to glorify the one that gave them and allows them. I got an opportunity to visit, for the lack of a better word, a lean too. It was a home to a man and wife with 3 little babies. It was made from sticks and tarps.About the size of a small shed.  They cooked with wood, what little they had to cook. My heart wells up with compassion and sadness. As I learned earlier in the trip, thank you Lord for the opportunity to practice your LOVE.