Day 3 (Wednesday) Message from Jan
You might have noticed that Tuesday's email wasn't sent till after 6 am this morning--last night the signal wasn't strong enough to send. This afternoon when we arrived back, we weren't able to access a connection either.
Our devotion this morning reminded us that our motive for service needs to be to glorify God, not our selves or because we want to prove something to the world. Our breakfast consists of fruit--today it was watermelon and papaya chunks--juice, white toast, jelly and butter for the toast, scrambled eggs and today we also had rice and red beans. Coffee is also available for those of us who need a caffeine jolt in the morning.
Our skylight installation crew spent yesterday morning purchasing supplies and with the help of Jose installed 2 skylights. The first took longer because of dry rot in the area of installation while the second only took 25 minutes. Today they completed the other 3 installations. This morning the crew had shade but not this afternoon. Though there was a wonderful breeze, being on a steel roof with the sun beating down is HOT. After the first installation, the group took a long break to recuperate from the heat on the roof. Now you night wonder why when the people have electricity we are installing skylights! They pay a flat fee for electric--anything over that is an excess charged at a higher rate unlike the US were the rates are cheaper the more power you use.
Today the remaining 15 water filters were delivered to the home. We encountered a problem that several of them leaked and we had to go back to the church and redo the assembly which connects the hose on the filter to the bucket. Charlie, one of our translators, finally go all of the leaky ones fixed. Praise the Lord.
During our presentation to the women this morning, the we asked the lady who is the dentist to explain the proper way to brush your teeth. Her explanation was nearly 10 minutes long including cleaning the roof of your mouth and tongue. We asked her to come back this afternoon to tell the kids how to brush also. She brought her "over sized" teeth to show the kids the proper method and the kids were just enthralled. It was such a joy to see her using her education among her friends and neighbors. Pray the Lord gives her the opportunity to continue using her knowledge for the benefit of the community.
Happiness and joy were shown by one of the women who received both a skylight and a filter today. While the Spanish wasn't understood the enthusiasm and joy show on her face and her body language.
Finally, as the guys were walking back for lunch, several kids were walking behind them and one slipped on the hill and hit his head against a rock which was sticking out of the ground. Dr Jeremy was there to deliver first aid, they took him home and later went back with Jose to check to see he was OK which he was. Praise the Lord the injury was minor though bloody initially.
Continue to pray for breezes again--it is so nice
Pray for shade trees for the skylight installers
Pray for the families of team members who are serving this week.
Pray for all the wonderful women and check whom we met yesterday and today
Pray for continued good health for all of the team
Pray for God's blessings as we move to the new village Thursday
Thanks again for your prayer support--we truly can feel your prayers
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