It feels like we've been through a week of building already - hard to believe it was just day one! It was a very difficult day for us all - physically and mentally quite challenging. There was lots of climbing and navigating a steep rocky path (my estimate is 600' vertical) and another 3 hours jostling around in the back of the cattle truck up and down and around rough mountainous roads. The "fun" of the back of the truck and beautiful landscape gets old after about the first 30 minutes of this. Putting the planned 4 houses together today in all this traversing, was extra difficult and became rushed as the day closed and we were not able to put the roofs and finishing touches on the last two homes today, but we hope to be able to do that tomorrow, first thing, before we start the other 4 new homes tomorrow. We hope they are not located in locations so incredibly difficult to get to and from as 2 of them were today.
Please pray for strength, health and safety for us all to be able to do what we will need to do tomorrow and to do it with a continued spirit of grace and without missing out on the opportunities that God has for us to connect with the people here - the "God moments". Our team is all getting along smashingly and we are amazed what we have been through and how God is providing for us. Thank you for your continued prayers for us!
Matt
The Lord is the everlasting God the creator of the ends of the earth. He will not he will not grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom he gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
ReplyDeleteI know you guys are not weak but he will renew your strength
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