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Well, today was our last day with Pastor Francisco and friends! We enjoyed another wonderful breakfast of fried black beans, scrambled eggs with cheese and coffee. After devotions, we headed straight to Alba and Juan's home. Our goal was to level off the room, moving dirt again to the other side of the street. We used the pic-ax and shoveled dirt into buckets and carried them across the street...up and down the hill! The dirt was heavy and wet. The great thing is we had many of the ENLACE staff with us to help! We formed an assembly line to get the job done faster. I took a couple minutes to step back and watch the team....they were getting worn out. People were missing the bucket while shoveling, and barely able to hold the shovels. A ... read more

Ah...what a great night of rest! We met Arturo in the lobby of the hotel bright and early to head to the pastor's home for breakfast (more beans, plantains, eggs, salsa and cafe). This morning's devotional was one of my favorites - "HOW is much more important than WHAT". God asks us to serve with a Christ-like attitude and make ourselves as we are nothing. Jesus is the King of Kings and he came down from heaven and humbled himself, appeared as a man, and became obedient to death. He was not in a hurry on His journies...when people stopped Him on the streets, He listened...really listened. He ALWAYS put others first. After chowing down, we headed to the second work site, where we found a larger work-crew. Here there were two homes, one for Reena ... read more

We had the wonderful opportunity to be taken by Pastor Francisco into the community. We saw a new home that Willow helped to build - WOW! The lady living there was full of joy! She was excited to be making tortillas in her kitchen OUTSIDE her home. Something as simple as a brick home with secure walls and a door that locks.....the joy on her face brought tears to my eyes. We then headed to our first site where we would be working. Along the way, we were able to experience the excitement of 3 little boys (no older than 8 years old) who were running and jumping into the creek. They were screaming and laughing and one could not help but giggle themselves. I couldn't get the smile off my face! :) The only thing ... read more

Wally and Patrick picked me up at 4:15am! We met Candy and Brittany at OHare Airport and experienced quite a long line to load our luggage and check-in. We barely made it through security - and HAD to get our coffee....we were all dragging! Oh and there was a Starbucks right there! Perfect! Oh the coffee tasted so good....Gumby thought so too! :) After sitting at our gate for about 20 minutes, Patrick noticed that the listing changed from Houston to Cleveland. Oh no! Did we miss our flight?! Impossible...we've been there the whole time! (Gumby....Gumby....Gumby...we're flexible, right?) The friendly flight lady rescheduled us onto the next flight to Houston. ... read more