Since this is my second trip down here (came last June with
my granddaughter, Dora) and this time with my grandson, Coy, it is good to
renew old friendships from last time here. My primary job has been working on
the plumbing, which includes figuring out where to lay pipes and where to dig
the ditches, along with sending many people to the store multiple times a day
for supplies.
Today is
hard to put into words as we did multiple things during the day. In the morning
we began the day as usual with the event of working at the TQ house. Many
things were completed, including; 4 showers in the house and 5 toilets plumbed,
and the plumbing has almost been completed on the first floor of the new
Administration building.
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| Finally, this bathroom is plumbed! |
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| Admin Bldg is being plumbed from the beginning (this time). |
Second
thing we did was begin the Vacation Bible Schools in Tejeres. Kari, with
Daniel’s great help in translating, began the VBS with a lesson on being the
light of the world. Then we sang songs with the kids, and then passed out
snacks of sliced watermelon and a whole banana! The kids were separated into
three groups and went to stations: music, games, and crafts. We then gave each
of the 80 children a meal of rice and carrots on tortillas. I was amazed at the
patience of the kids waiting for their meals, as they only get about 5 meals a
week. Overall, I think it was a very rewarding experience interacting with the
children, and seeing faces from last trip. And also knowing that is one of the
main reasons we are down here.
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| Frederic in his element...a baby in his hand. |
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| Demo: Finding things in the dark. |
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A snack of banana and watermelon...yummy!
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| Kari and Daniel teaching the lesson. |
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| The ping pong/spoon relay. |
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| Make a joyful noise! And add some maracas for fun! |
After
dinner, we visited a church in Quimistan. We all accepted the challenge of
venturing to a Spanish-speaking church, where none of us knew any of what was
said. We all agreed afterwards that the song (or songs?) were impossible to
discern the words or one song from another. We came to the conclusion that it
was approximately 4 songs blended together. There you go. Roxanne told us that
the sermon passage was 1 Samuel 10:18, and afterwards that the sermon was about
Saul changing after being anointed. Personally, I thought he was a fantastic
speaker as he could hold your attention to the point it seemed that he made you
want to listen, even if you had no clue what he was saying. Everyone in the
congregation seemed very appreciative that we attended their service.
Tomorrow we
will begin the day the same with more work at the TQ house, and after that we
will do our best to be flexible in our plans to help Roxanne not stress out!
Maybe she is trying to help us remember since we have a sign in the kitchen
that says, ”Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.”
It also helps your back! Ron will let
you know if plans have changed tomorrow night, and how those all worked out.
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Jenn, caught swinging the maddox. We're not sure
if her dreads are snaky or sneaky:) |
From all us
here in Quimistan to all ya’ll North Americans (and anyone else reading this in
other parts of the world) ADIOS AMIGOS!
~Butch
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