Door Creek Church - Day 5

***Special guest bloggers Caleb and Alec and photographer Kristin Karls from the Door Creek Church Service Team***

The 3rd day of work was another fun-filled day that was very successful. We started off with a very nutritional breakfast prepared by Caleb and Joel: Eggs and bacon sandwiches along with rice! And of course, fresh Peruvian juice. After the filling meal and time with God, we headed off to the work site. As soon as we arrived, the skilled worker Eduardo went straight to work on preparing the area for concrete.



As Caleb and Courtney began work on the re-bar grid, (which, I might add, turned out flawless on our part), in the meantime Abbi provided excellent assistance for Eduardo, while Alec and Chesley made an engineering marvel connecting two roofs of a complex. The morning went quickly and more was accomplished than expected. After lunch, we began work on pouring the cement. Alec, Kaitlin, Caleb and Louisa professionally shoveled rocks and sand into the cement mix. Abbi, Courtney and Chelsey used wheelbarrows to transport the mix to the pouring site.





Abbi took a break from the hard work during the morning to provide a little homework assistance to one of the older girls in the home for her English class.



Kristin expertly documented our journey through the work day with breath-taking images with her camera. Later Linda and Kristin interviewed children for Kids Alive. After all the work for the day had been completed, we bumped and jostled our way back home in the back of Machi's bus (singing entertainment provided by Alec Vice and Caleb Karls).



Para din din we sampled guinea pig, which most of the team disliked. We believe the distaste for guinea pig meat had to do with the fact their appendages were still present. Unfortunately a dear member of our group was lost: Kyle Glenn (onto a wedding and Guatemala mission trip, please pray for him). With one less leader and friend, we will have to be that much more on our A-game. We are happy to announce Ella is over a recent sickness, thanks to God. Today, she put her skills to practice by making a scrapbook page for the Kids Alive service team scrapbook. As it is late and our wake-up call is early, we can hope and pray for another good night of rest and thank God for seeing us through yet another day.