Today we woke up at 6:00 to Biscuits and Gravy cooked by some beautiful ladies. A good start, to another good day. Anderson met us at the home around 7:00 and we started building the foundation - rocks and mortar piece, by piece, by piece - laid by hand with deliberate, careful placement. Anderson in one trench and Greg in another. The rest of us unskilled workers, carried rocks, sand, and concrete - mixing the concrete on the ground and carrying it again in 5 gallon buckets to the trenches.
Needless to say, this is hard work in hot sun. We sweated like never before. What was exciting was to observe the interactions with the Haitians. In the beginning the family was happy to see us and the kids looked at us like an interesting distraction. After a while, the kids began joking around and before long we were able to bribe them into working for candy - rock for jolly ranchers! The really funny thing was what happened when the beautiful ladies showed up after lunch for a visit - those little boys kicked it into high gear when the ladies picked up a few rocks. The weren't about to be outdone by a bunch of American women! We also saw a bunch of tired American men lift the biggest rocks they could find, carry cement faster, and generally strut around. Amazing what a few pretty ladies will do to a crowd!
We heard about the trip into the tent city, sad to hear of what they saw and heard. Encouraged how close the women all are becoming and how well they are able to encourage one another. They all are being seriously disturbed and gloriously broken. Tough stuff, but our God is bigger, our God is higher, and our God can redeem even Haiti!
Thank you for all of your prayers and your electronic encouragement! It is so good to hear you are following the Blog! Please pray that God will be glorified during this trip.
We Love You All!
Jim
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