Yesterday was very exciting! We began our work on the home construction with a visit to the existing home where a family of nine were currently living. Rafael's description of the smoke-filled dwelling became a lot more real once we entered the home. It's easy to imagine how the long term affects of breathing that heavy smoke circulating within the small structure can ruin the health of the family living within. The structures we and the other teams are building will made be of solid blocks, but more importantly they will separate the families from all that smoke.
The team arrived and went right to work. We created smaller teams with some preparing re-bar and others creating small teams to work on the walls' construction. Our smaller group had an opportunity to place blocks and morter and then later, to create forms to hold the concrete that encased a band of re-bar and will form the base for our building upward, today.
The Youth continue to amaze us all! They led a large number of children in a dance movement that included moments in a praying posture and had them laughing and playing. They spent the majority of the day working construction alongside us. As a team, we managed to catch up to the materials supplies and have Rafael hinting that we might finish the construction a day earlier than planned!
All shared their experiences and most impressive moments of the day during our devotional time, last night. We are building a home and having great experiences in with the people as we share God's love with them.
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