Woke up this morning to an overcast sky but no wind or rain. It was perfect in my book. Being a person of very light skin I appreciate the clouds. We had a world class breakfast and loaded up to work at 8am. Once we made it to the house we began building walls and realizing that we had measured a bit differently than the plans had called for. For one thing the house had two levels to it and we had to adjust our walls to fit. For another thing we are from JBC and we just build this way. The kids grew alot today. They had several opportunities to complain or argue and in every instance they chose to work together instead. We are ahead of schedule still.
The family is overwhelmed with joy over the house. Some of the kids played soccer with a neighbor boy and a lady from the neighborhood came and asked how she could get a house built for her and her family. Amor is a great ministry and are glad we get to be a part of this.
We stopped by a Mexican Wal-Mart to pick up ice. We asked a man, who could speak English well, if they had a block of ice. If said yea and proceeded to take us to the isle where they kept the toilets. I don't think he understands English as well as he speaks it.
Love ya, Chris.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
first day
Today we woke up and had an amazing breakfast and the fear that it might rain. That was a great start to a great day. We met the Perez family and they were Really excited about the new house we are building. Apparently we are really fast at pouring concrete and building walls according to the Amor staff his name is Jono from Australia. Cliff, Curt, and I were teaching the kids how to mix concrete while Joel taught them how to build walls. we were really impressed with how hard the kids worked today. We have really great leaders and youth on this trip. We did as much by 1 as most groups do all day. After work we wanted to jump into the ocean but i promised parents that I wouldn't let the kids get eaten by sharks so we didn't.
we spent about two hours singing and playing music and had a great time playing games. Cliff spoke to the group tonight and the kids and leaders responded Really well.
We are excited to see what tomorrow holds.
Love ya, Chris.
we spent about two hours singing and playing music and had a great time playing games. Cliff spoke to the group tonight and the kids and leaders responded Really well.
We are excited to see what tomorrow holds.
Love ya, Chris.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
PM Update
Today went really smoothly. Probably because of all of your prayers. We left Life Pacific Bible College after a tour this morning and headed south to the border
After losing Cliff in traffic we began to make really home time. We made it to the border, met our contact with Amor(The ministr we are building with)and headed to Mexico. We made it through the border with ease and proceeded to the campsite when we realized we were missing Cliff. Just kidding, he called us where he was. No... Really he is with us. :)
We set us camp in 30Mph wind and dust. It has since calmed down and is really nice weather. Some kids are even cold.
Cliff and i went to a mexico home depot and bought some gloves for working tomorrow. We purchased 8 pairs and 2 candy bars 2nd spent $437.35. I'm really hoping that is not in dollars as it went on a credit card. I guess we will see when we get back. Tomorrow we will begin building and we get to do some of my favorite labor, pouring concrete. Keep praying for us. We are having alot of fun and laughing a bunch. Cliff tries not to laugh too much because of his ribs but we can't help making him laugh. We have too many goofy people on on this trip.
Love ya, Chris
After losing Cliff in traffic we began to make really home time. We made it to the border, met our contact with Amor(The ministr we are building with)and headed to Mexico. We made it through the border with ease and proceeded to the campsite when we realized we were missing Cliff. Just kidding, he called us where he was. No... Really he is with us. :)
We set us camp in 30Mph wind and dust. It has since calmed down and is really nice weather. Some kids are even cold.
Cliff and i went to a mexico home depot and bought some gloves for working tomorrow. We purchased 8 pairs and 2 candy bars 2nd spent $437.35. I'm really hoping that is not in dollars as it went on a credit card. I guess we will see when we get back. Tomorrow we will begin building and we get to do some of my favorite labor, pouring concrete. Keep praying for us. We are having alot of fun and laughing a bunch. Cliff tries not to laugh too much because of his ribs but we can't help making him laugh. We have too many goofy people on on this trip.
Love ya, Chris
Day 3 Morning
Woke up after a great night sleep to beautiful sunny morning. We are looking forward to making it over the border today!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Day 2
Apparently the Lord had planned for us to have two more blowouts on the trailer. One happened just two hours into the trip -- luckily cliff maintained control pulled over and had Noah fix it again. Cliff duke is tough. :)
We stopped to get a new tire from a tire shop but they wanted $300 to fix it. We said no and continued down the road without a spare. What is the probability of having one more blow out? I guess pretty good. The 2nd of the day blew 1/4 mile from our stop. I came back to pick up the tires and Noah as cliff stayed with the truck and trailer in 109% heat. He is like rambo. I found a tire shop 30 miles north of where we were so we picked up two for $210 a much better price.
After much traffic we made it to life pacific college and had a great evening of playing games and spending time relaxing.
Love ya
We stopped to get a new tire from a tire shop but they wanted $300 to fix it. We said no and continued down the road without a spare. What is the probability of having one more blow out? I guess pretty good. The 2nd of the day blew 1/4 mile from our stop. I came back to pick up the tires and Noah as cliff stayed with the truck and trailer in 109% heat. He is like rambo. I found a tire shop 30 miles north of where we were so we picked up two for $210 a much better price.
After much traffic we made it to life pacific college and had a great evening of playing games and spending time relaxing.
Love ya
Monday, August 1, 2011
On Our Way!
Made it to temple baptist church tonight at 10pm, much later than I expected. We had a blow out on the trailer which put us back a bit. But really Cliff and Noah had the spare on in no time. We are truly blessed to have Cliff on this trip, anyone else driving the trailer when a blowout happens they might have just started crying and cursing God but he just said "oh crud" pulled over and Noah fixed it. What a tough dude. He (Cliff) fell off his bike while riding home from the Baptism service on Sunday, might have broken some ribs and probably has a concussion. Did I say he's tough?
The kids are having fun and doing well. We had a good time of worship and i told them growing is painful but we must grow so don't whine about it -- i think they listened. We are sleeping on the floor of classrooms and a gym. I had noah inflate my air mattress so I'm comfy but hot. It must be 1000 degrees in California. I don't know why people live here. I much more appreciate the cooler climates where they use trees instead of huge rocks to decorate landscapes. Tomorrow should be fun, we are traveling to San Dimas and staying in real beds at the dorms of Life Pacific Bible College.
Love ya, Chris
The kids are having fun and doing well. We had a good time of worship and i told them growing is painful but we must grow so don't whine about it -- i think they listened. We are sleeping on the floor of classrooms and a gym. I had noah inflate my air mattress so I'm comfy but hot. It must be 1000 degrees in California. I don't know why people live here. I much more appreciate the cooler climates where they use trees instead of huge rocks to decorate landscapes. Tomorrow should be fun, we are traveling to San Dimas and staying in real beds at the dorms of Life Pacific Bible College.
Love ya, Chris
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