Working hard!

Today we don't have much to post but that is only because we worked so hard! David helped set the scene for pouring concrete this morning while Rebecca went on a hunt for some souvenirs. Some of the people have been here for over 2 weeks and they were making a one-stop tour of a particular store I wanted some things from. So, I went. However Rebecca not working this morning was well made-up for this afternoon - and she has sore muscles and blisters to prove it! :) On the way back from shopping, I asked the person in charge if there was a possibility of getting a concrete mixer. He said no, that the mixer was in Recife being used. I continued to pray about it and as we rolled into Alcanse, a truck was pulling out. It had delivered our sand AND A CONCRETE MIXER! God is so good!! Even the leader thought there was no way to get a mixer. Praise the Lord!

Well, while the guys got the mixer hooked up to water and electricity, I worked with another lady, Sally, and we finished putting the shelves back together and reshelving the books in the library. Then it was time for lunch. After lunch, the back-breaking work began! I volunteered to help out with the cement mixing, gravel hauling, sand lugging, shoveling, smoothing extravaganza. Whew! It is back breaking work. However, the mixer made it all worth it! We were able to pour 4 of the 9 holes for the putt-putt course! Praise the Lord! We are hoping to get the rest poured tomorrow morning so that the children coming for the English camp on Wednesday won't damage them.

The other praise for today was that it was overcast. You wouldn't think this would be a praise but it was already really hot and humid. Sun just would have added difficulty to an already hard job. So, we are thankful for those things.

Some other things we are thankful for are that another member of the team, Bill's, daughter had healthy twins back in Kansas today. I know this weighed heavily on his heart. So, this was a great encouragement to him to announce the births of these precious ones! We also can praise that the English camp plan seems to be going nicely. We are excited to expect around 40 - 50 children Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday all day. Please pray for the hearts of these little ones to be open to the gospel as well as English. Also pray for us, as workers, to be able to prepare all we need to prepare. I know I have a large part to prepare for and little time in which to do it.

So many of you have written encouraging notes or even just sent messages that you are praying. Thank you! Also, thank you to those who are praying but haven't even said anything. We can feel your prayers. God bless you all and keep praying! :)