We finished our work today and said goodbye.
Our day started and continued as any other work day. Each home site finished their roof by nailing down tar paper and roll shingles. They finished their painting and added their gables, doors and window trim. The church site finished painting the exterior walls, completed the sheetrock replacement in the Sunday School room and constructed the wall extensions in the pastor’s home.
After everyone finished their work, we gathered at the church and walked site-to-site so everyone could see all of the houses and so the two pastors (Pastor Saul of El Mesias and our Pastor Lonnie) could pray for the families and bless their new homes. Each site gave their family a cross (we had picked up in Progresso) to hang in their house that all of the work-site members had signed.
After a day of work we returned to the hotel and many cooled off in the pool for a little bit before getting cleaned up for our worship service at the colonia iglesia (church). The neighborhood kids and church families were waiting for us when we arrived at the church. They served us a barbeque chicken dinner before we shared in a bilingual worship service.
After worship we said our goodbyes. There were a few tears as new-found friends realized that they might never see each other again.
We returned to the hotel and distributed cards from the Friendship Club. The students were happy to receive a money gift in their card - especially those who had spent all of their money at Progresso and/or Sorianas.
Tomorrow we get up at our regular time with breakfast at 6:30 so we can share devotions and start loading our bags onto the buses around 7:30. Assuming it will take a couple of hours to get across the border, we need to be on the road by 8:00 in order to meet our charter buses in
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