The work continued...

Monday began with some uncertainties. It had rained overnight and there was a mist in the air but everyone was ready and anxious to get at the work we had come to do. Leaders from each of the churches were to meet us at eight am at the hotel so materials could be purchased for each project. Steel reinforcing for Tres Lote and paint for Cuatro Lote. They were there on time (not always the case) and we went off in different directions to obtain the material. Nothing here happens quickly but we were able to get what we needed and then headed off to work in the mountains a forty five minute drive away. The steel would go up the mountain in a rented truck and when it would get there was uncertain so we took the paint with us and headed for Cuatro Lote.
Because of the rain and the roads the bus had to stop even future away so some took the 4x4 and some walked on to the church. After a bit of organization we got the walls sanded and they got the paint mixed with an adhesive to help it stick to the concrete walls and we started to get some paint on the walls. One of the challenges was there were no ladders so we worked on a scaffold of a table with a bench on top of it to be able to reach the top of the walls. One poll ladder appeared in order to get at the top of the gable end walls but safety was not a priority as the wetpoles of the ladder were sitting on a wet ceramic tile floor. We didn’t go up it but one of us stood at the bottom to keep it from slipping out. Work progressed and they were thrilled by the work we were able to complete during the day.
That evening we had Jaime come to talk to us and share some of his experiences of starting a number of churches in the area including the ones we are working at. Jaime is a man of God and learned to follow the Lord’s leading, going distance with no roads either by foot or on horse following the Lord wherever He led and there he would preach the Gospel and start a church. One place he went to went he left after only a few days with 6 converts then when he came back there were twelve. The next time he went back there were twenty four. At one point about 90% of the community were believers.
It was a trilling end to another day here. D