Tuesday, 3/24
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Today dawned clear and beautiful again. Nights have been chilly – probably upper 40’s, and there isn’t any heat in the church so it’s plenty cool when we’re sleeping but the days are very pleasant. It was probably in the upper 70’s today and very little wind. Once again, everyone was up early and ready to go to work. After breakfast, team meeting and devotions, we started our projects.
Jason and I set u
p the scaffolding. I’d ordered 3 sections and figured I’d stand on a ladder at the top of the third section to reach the top of the steeple. However, God knew what we needed and, even though we only paid for 3 sections, the rental company delivered 4 sections which took us to the top perfectly. Pastor Martin, Luis and I spent the better part of the day climbing up and down the scaffolding and succeeded in getting 2 coats of paint on the entire steeple. Jason and I took the scaffolding down after lunch and we’ll use it tomorrow to paint and repair the upper parts of the parsonage. (Jason said Mindy will never believe he was climbing that high as he has a little nervousness around heights.)
We had a half dozen of the local youth helping again today including another young man we know from Mexicali who is at the University of San Diego so came to work with us for a couple of days. We hadn’t seen Carlos in 3 years! The church trim crew finished the front of the church and tomorrow will start on the sides and
back. The parsonage paint/repair crew patched numerous holes and painted all of the lower parts of the house and the very time-consuming bars in front of each of the windows. Wyatt became a master at operating the electric weed eater and spent most of the day whacking weeds around the grounds. Jason fixed the kitchen sink and worked on replacing the bathroom door to the outside bathroom. Major project!
The gray van men (Andrew, Brady, Brandon and Robert) , as they’re now called, finished the sandbox and hand carried buckets of sand from the parking lot, through the church, down the stairs and.JPG)
out the back door to fill it. They also finished covering the back fence a plastic barrier. The play area is beginning to look very nice and they all have blisters from the digging and bucket carrying. Jimmy finished replacing the back door which, of course, required major reconstruction of the door frame.
At 12:30 we wrapped up the work and had chicken mole – a favorite! We took a short siesta and gathered at 2:00 to organize the crafts, skit and puppet shows and left for the colonia at 2:30. Again, Vacation Bible School went very well. Everyone worked together and the neighborhood kids (and adults) all appeared to have a great time. We solved ou.JPG)
r missing puppet show cd dilemma by having Dad grab the cd from the church and get it to Chaz who ripped it and emailed it to me. I downloaded the puppet shows we needed to my MP3 player and we hooked it up to the amp. So many conveniences we can enjoy!
Pastor Martin said as he and Martha were watching the news last night, they heard that of the 500 or so neighborhoods in Tijuana, 300 of them are going to be without water until Sunday as the gov
ernment is doing some water system upgrades. They said it’s not an uncommon experience to go a few days without water or other utilities. Wow! That would be a challenge to get used to! Fortunately neither the neighborhood of the church or of the chapel was affected by the outage.
On the way back from the colonia today, one vehicle stopped at the grocery store to pick up some more milk and ice. Brandon bought a mega-size jar of gel that he and Chaz discovered a few years ago. This is super strong gel that last for days in their hair. Only in Mexico!
Since tomorrow we’re doing VBS at the church, today was the last day at the colonia. After the crafts, songs and puppet shows we gave away the Bibles. As usual, the kids went nuts for them and were very appreciative. I’m sure that many of have gotten new Bibles from us every year. We got back to the church at 6:30, had
yet another fabulous meal and the team had an hour of free time before team meeting, worship and lights out. Although we set 10:00 as lights our, many of the team members are asleep by that time.
Everyone is getting along great and no one has gotten sick, Praise God!, although I’m sure if the weather tomorrow is similar to today, we’ll have a few sunburns in the making!
Today dawned clear and beautiful again. Nights have been chilly – probably upper 40’s, and there isn’t any heat in the church so it’s plenty cool when we’re sleeping but the days are very pleasant. It was probably in the upper 70’s today and very little wind. Once again, everyone was up early and ready to go to work. After breakfast, team meeting and devotions, we started our projects.
Jason and I set u
p the scaffolding. I’d ordered 3 sections and figured I’d stand on a ladder at the top of the third section to reach the top of the steeple. However, God knew what we needed and, even though we only paid for 3 sections, the rental company delivered 4 sections which took us to the top perfectly. Pastor Martin, Luis and I spent the better part of the day climbing up and down the scaffolding and succeeded in getting 2 coats of paint on the entire steeple. Jason and I took the scaffolding down after lunch and we’ll use it tomorrow to paint and repair the upper parts of the parsonage. (Jason said Mindy will never believe he was climbing that high as he has a little nervousness around heights.)We had a half dozen of the local youth helping again today including another young man we know from Mexicali who is at the University of San Diego so came to work with us for a couple of days. We hadn’t seen Carlos in 3 years! The church trim crew finished the front of the church and tomorrow will start on the sides and
back. The parsonage paint/repair crew patched numerous holes and painted all of the lower parts of the house and the very time-consuming bars in front of each of the windows. Wyatt became a master at operating the electric weed eater and spent most of the day whacking weeds around the grounds. Jason fixed the kitchen sink and worked on replacing the bathroom door to the outside bathroom. Major project!The gray van men (Andrew, Brady, Brandon and Robert) , as they’re now called, finished the sandbox and hand carried buckets of sand from the parking lot, through the church, down the stairs and
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out the back door to fill it. They also finished covering the back fence a plastic barrier. The play area is beginning to look very nice and they all have blisters from the digging and bucket carrying. Jimmy finished replacing the back door which, of course, required major reconstruction of the door frame.At 12:30 we wrapped up the work and had chicken mole – a favorite! We took a short siesta and gathered at 2:00 to organize the crafts, skit and puppet shows and left for the colonia at 2:30. Again, Vacation Bible School went very well. Everyone worked together and the neighborhood kids (and adults) all appeared to have a great time. We solved ou
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r missing puppet show cd dilemma by having Dad grab the cd from the church and get it to Chaz who ripped it and emailed it to me. I downloaded the puppet shows we needed to my MP3 player and we hooked it up to the amp. So many conveniences we can enjoy!Pastor Martin said as he and Martha were watching the news last night, they heard that of the 500 or so neighborhoods in Tijuana, 300 of them are going to be without water until Sunday as the gov
ernment is doing some water system upgrades. They said it’s not an uncommon experience to go a few days without water or other utilities. Wow! That would be a challenge to get used to! Fortunately neither the neighborhood of the church or of the chapel was affected by the outage.
On the way back from the colonia today, one vehicle stopped at the grocery store to pick up some more milk and ice. Brandon bought a mega-size jar of gel that he and Chaz discovered a few years ago. This is super strong gel that last for days in their hair. Only in Mexico!
Since tomorrow we’re doing VBS at the church, today was the last day at the colonia. After the crafts, songs and puppet shows we gave away the Bibles. As usual, the kids went nuts for them and were very appreciative. I’m sure that many of have gotten new Bibles from us every year. We got back to the church at 6:30, had
yet another fabulous meal and the team had an hour of free time before team meeting, worship and lights out. Although we set 10:00 as lights our, many of the team members are asleep by that time.
Everyone is getting along great and no one has gotten sick, Praise God!, although I’m sure if the weather tomorrow is similar to today, we’ll have a few sunburns in the making!
your right, he Hates Heights. Good job jason proud of ya. I would not have done it! I'm scared too!
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