Friday, June 28, 2013

Mexico Trip, June 28 – Day 4

Buenos Dias…

Today was another very productive day. I don’t know about the other team members, but I started hitting my mid-trip wall today. It happens on every trip because the work is hard, the sleep has not been caught up on, and the body is still adjusting to the different food. It is also a great place to reach because it provides and opportunity to reflect on just how good we have it at home. Hot showers, air-conditioned homes, fresh running water, ice cubes, and the list goes on. But the people that live here live in these conditions 24x7x365. We are so blessed back in the states and take the blessings so much for granted. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to do this once in a while to be reminded of this.

Morning mist…


Since we are staying so close to the Pacific Ocean each morning we are greeted with this morning mist. It is great, it feels great, but unfortunately it burns off long before we make it to the worksite. Most of our worksites are out in the open and in the direct, tropical sun. We have a lot of lobsters running around, but the all have big white grins on their faces.

The Frito Banditos…


One of the cool things about a trip like this is to see how the best comes out in people. By this day in the trip everyone is becoming good friends and starting to have fun together. Here Jacob, Valentina, and Jon are modeling their use of scarfs…ultimately they will be used for sun protection, but why not have a little bit of fun along the way.

Putting on the roof…


Today we split into two teams. One team worked on the roof. We put down OSB and squared the roof. When that was completed then tar paper was put down followed by tar and roofing paper. The family has some wonderful protection from the storms.

Preparing the walls for stucco…


The other half of the team put up the chicken wire, corner guards, and installed the windows. With all of this in place we will be ready tomorrow to start stuccoing the walls.

Madam Chef at work…


We have our lunches out at the worksites. It has been a fine combination of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fruit. Yesterday we even had the delicacy of tuna sandwiches. Today Mary gave us a wonderful, Chef Mary, rendition of all that we had even down to the sparkling fruit of the vine called Sprite…naturally warmed no less.

Helpers…


It has also been great to see the children step in to help. They are a little young to do any of the heavy work, but today they were able to start doing some of the painting. They are so excited about seeing their home come to fruition.

I understand that some of your email servers are dropping the pictures from these emails. If that is the case you can see the same email with the pictures in my blog at http://journeys-of-a-redeemed-child.blogspot.mx/

If you would like to get more information on Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage you can check them out at http://projectmexico.org/Home.aspx. I have also been posting updates on Facebook (david.b.short) if you would like to follow those updates.


Thanks for your prayers and thoughts.

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