Day 2 – Construction/Kid’s Club

Day 2 got off to a slow start as our group was a little lethargic in the morning so we were a little behind when Mike arrived.  We split up like yesterday into the medical clinic and two teams for construction.  I again worked at the school with Jon, Mikala, Mackensie and Ross.  Beth worked over at the house.  We spent most of our time continuing to fill in around the wall, but under much more duress as there was no cloud cover this morning making it very hot.  After the next 7 columns were framed we mixed a double batch of concrete and began filling buckets.  Jon and I were tasked with taking the approximately 3/4 full, 60-80 pound buckets over to the fence and across a precariously placed board to then lift them over our shoulder and dump them into the columns.  Each column took about 4-5 buckets so I estimate about 30-35 buckets were carried by the morning’s end.  By this point I was in a complete flop sweat with both my shirt and pants drenched.  Tough, but we got a good amount of work done.

Meanwhile, the medical clinic continues to do amazing work serving the people of Armenia Bonito.  Please pray for Joseph, Donna, Miguel, Emma and Susan as well as Erin and all the other volunteers as we will be doing one more clinic on Thursday.

The afternoon started same as usual with a few hours to kill playing soccer with the kids before Kid’s Club started.  Lots of fun but, again, tiring to be out in the sun.  Beth ended up jumping rope with this little boy who was insistent that Beth play with him.  Meanwhile, I tried to moderate a crazy game of Uno between about 6 kids.

We gathered all the kids that were interested together to start with some singing.  Jon and Susan did a great job and the kids loved it.  It’s always fun to hear kids scream (and I mean scream) praises to God.

We then went inside for a Bible story from Emma.  She had prepared a great dialogue on the story of Joseph complete with a felt board.  The kids were enthralled and I think she kept their attention (and their silence) for over an hour.

Margaret and Elizabeth had then prepared crafts for the kids.  The little ones made sheep, the middle aged made Joseph’s coat out of felt and ribbon, and the oldest made bracelets.  The crafts were a big hit and it’s a great enjoyment to see the kids loving the opportunity to work with you on a project.  They ate it up.  We departed with a small bag of candy which Emma had brought.

We then had dinner at a restaurant in town complete with baleadas.  These are similar to a burrito but with a thicker flour tortilla that is folded like a taco.  You had your choice of any mixture of the following: chicken, beef, beans, cheese and eggs.  They also provided some other authentic Honduran treats.  I think I know what we’ll be making if we do another fundraising dinner in the future.

I’m a little more tired that I was yesterday.  I think the bucket work really took it out of me.  I’m sure the rest of the team is feeling very similar with long, hot days.  Please continue to pray for the health and spirit of the team.  Pray for, as Mike reminded us tonight, that there is a war going on and we are right in the middle of it.  We should expect difficulties, but we should also remember that we win because Christ won.  Also pray for the kids in Armenia Bonito as we will continue ministering to them tomorrow with trip to the river.  Looking forward to that!