God blesses again.

As the sun rose on another day here there was moisture again on the ground and a mist in the air but the clouds seemed higher and so with hope that we would have good weather we headed up the mountain to the work God had brought us here to do. We started off at Tres Lote by carrying some of the reinforcing steel from the pastors house up a couple of hundred yards to where the church is being built and began the process of putting together the reinforcing for the beams that will carry the second floor. Under the direction of the Maestro some cut lengths of steel to be made into squares that would tie the long rods, that travel the width of the building, together. Others started bending these squares and others started wiring it all together. Each had a job to do and learned quickly so the work progressed well. After a while a few of us traveled over to Cuatro Lote to continue painting. We were going to work on the white but when we got there we discovered what we had done with the white on Mon had done nothing. Then we discovered the white we had been painting with wasn’t white but a glue additive that is used to help the paint stick to the concrete walls. So on to plan two. The work we had done with the gold was good and so we were able to finish the first coat on the walls we were doing and get the wall that already had the first coat on second coated.
After lunch we all dug in and were able to complete two of the six beams and get a third one well under way. A rain set in about a half hour before we planned on quitting and so we called it a day and headed back to town for supper.
Each day as we travel to and from our hotel we cross the equator and we had a little extra time so we stopped for a few minutes and right there at the equator Jaime has a shop where he supports himself by selling his wood carvings, so we visited him and were able to pick up some crafts from his shop.
During the evening one of Jaime’s son’s who plays in a traditional folk group came and played for us. There were nine in the group, one (a son of one of the members) just three years old helped play the drums. This group, are all Christians and go to a couple of the Covenant churches near by. They play traditional music and with it tell there testimonies, praise God, and share the Good News. What a joy it was. At one point they lead us all dancing with them praising the Lord. What a tremendous way to celebrate the joy of the Lord with these people we could not hold a conversation with yet with the same Spirit within us we could praise our Lord together.
The day couldn’t have ended better. Each day has brought us something special from the Lord to encourage our hearts as we serve Him here. Our service seems so small in comparison to what they are giving us.
I can’t imagine how there can be ant more. D