The work on the church building has been slow. There have been hick-ups along the way that have slowed things down. Nothing major, just causing turtle speed work. It has been more difficult getting some of the things done since David is working with primal tools....meaning he doesn't have his electric saws, laser level (we managed to get that one on the flight with Keith and Lesa), and probably a bunch of other tools that I do not even know the names.
There is nothing square about this building. No square floors, walls, ceilings...and absolutely nothing is level. This definitely called for some creative thinking. I took this picture last Sunday, but I think David has now completed the center part with sheetrock as well.
I think we are ready to have someone come in and give us a price for doing some plaster work. You can
see on the far wall in the picture above there is a concrete post that is exposed with rebar. We will need someone to do some plaster work since all of the other walls are concrete. Once that is done then we will need to do something about the flooring. We are not sure at this point what is cheaper, tiling the entire place or using a leveling material and putting an epoxy glaze on the entire concrete. All of the building is smooth finished concrete except the part where we knocked out the wall. It is a very rough concrete. So, a few more things, then we can paint everything and it will be all refreshed. Amazing what a couple coats of paint can do for a place. It always sounds like less work than it really is....you know it all takes time.
SOME SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP
Everyone looking at SNOW pictures
Valeria
Logan- not enthused to stop for the camera.
And Leia was not real enthused either. Camera shots
seem to be on her terms lately. Which means she
wants me to take pictures of her when my camera is
not handy, and when I have camera then she is not interested.
Good news for one of the families that go to church with us. David took Jorge last week to look for another job. He was working very very long hours and not getting paid for it and it was becoming very stressful. He went one day and applied at about 12 different places and had a return call from one place by the time they returned back to his house that afternoon. He found out Tuesday that he got the job and his first day on the new job was yesterday. I had planned on posting this prayer request for him and his family, but the answered prayers were faster than me : ). So, please pray that this new job will be a blessing to him and his family and that they will have more time together and an easier road ahead of them. He plans on taking a couple tests this Spring and Fall to receive his diploma and then apply for some grants to go to college. I am sure he would love each one of your prayers. I am sure it is hard working a full-time job, having a family with 4 small children, and studying for tests.
While Keith was here, he and David were able to meet many new people and started lots of new studies. David has been super busy trying to keep them all going on a consistent basis, especially with everyone's limited time schedule from work. We are hoping everything is starting to slow down. Coffee harvest is finished. We saw today that the sugar cane harvest is starting here; not sure how many people are involved in that process. All I know is it is HARD work. On one of our trips when we were visiting Costa Rica, we visited a town near the indigenous tribes and it looked horrendous. They burn the underpart of the sugar cane and go through cutting it with a machete and a handkerchief on their face in thick, very thick smoke...and did I mention it is sweltering hot right now and there has been no rain in 2 months and we are looking at two or three more months of no rain. Okay...I am digressing. But you know one thought just leads to another.
Back to the Bible studies. One of the couples David has been studying with have expressed their understanding of the Gospel and stated they wanted to be baptized but want David "to talk to their entire family, so we can all be baptized together." This is an older couple from a Catholic and Assembly of God background. Please pray that they will truly understand the importance of making and following through with obeying the Gospel because it is the truth and not base their final decision on whether the rest of the family agrees to do the same.
It seems like so many people do things because other people do it. They follow men and not God. We must live for God ourselves and not through other people's actions and words. They follow others to other places thinking it will better a situation and better their life. They follow what other men say. Why? Why risk your eternal life on a supposedly better idea out there by man?
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