Monday night

Good evening from the Peru team!  We had another amazing day!!  It was again very hot, however, we cannot say we have beat the Honduras team with more than 110 degrees, although it was a cool 100 degrees this morning......a few of us a sporting some decent sunburns - despite using sunscreen, as some spots were missed.....

Today we varnished bamboo for the roof of the house, put the cement on the walls (most of which is done) and spent great times in conversations with the local people and the crew members we are working with.  It is truly amazing how much communication can occur without knowing each others languages....God just makes it happen!!!  We have had many laughs as the Peruvians correct our pronunciations of Spanish words....

Here are a couple of our sayings for the day...."chew the bite that's in your mouth" and "two immodium are equal to a cork and hammer."

We still have a couple of people sick, although not sure if it is Montezuma's revenge or heat exhaustion so please keep the team in your prayers.  There are so many things to adjust to here that some bodies aren't happy about the changes and get crabby.....despite that, there isn't anyone on this trip that wouldn't do it all over again!!!   The blessing we are to others and vice versa far outweigh any issues....

Well....it is almost 10 p.m. and it is time for bed to get up early for another day.  Tomorrow we will finish the cement walls in the home and begin digging to put in forms for a new house (even a different type of structure than we are currently doing.....this one will be for the elderly woman in the picture by the lime green house....she is currently living in the lime green house with her granddaughter and her family of 7.....

Good night and blessings to you all!!!!

ps - we will try to get more pics up later this week but we have to go to Gordy and Bear's as this computer doesn't have the capacity just like the Honduras team