One thing we can say about our trip so far is that God has a funny way of doing things. Sometimes things don´t go as we plan, but in the end God always gets the glory and we experience a new joy because of it. We enjoyed breakfast this morning with the team from South Carolina on their last day here in San Pedro. A few of us were looking forward to the yummy eggs, homemade torillas, fruit, and refried beans we had the day before, but instead we had fluffy pancakes, home fries, fruit, and arroz con leche (rice with milk). Yes folks, we are eating pretty good down here! As we prepared to leave and head to Panyvar, we were told we were going to stay at the compound and paint due to a roadblock (literally) that was preventing us to make it up the mountain. Some of us were a little sad because we had already connected with the family and the children of the town, but God had another plan. Thus our mantra for this trip.....Let go, Let God!
We rode into town to purchase paint for our project from the mercado aka ¨Super Quic¨. Those of us who are gifted in this area rose to the challenge. I know I personally thank God for Charlie and Jenny for their crafty and creative skills. They were great at instructing us on how to paint and what needed to do be done first. We each grabbed an area and dove into the task. Amanda Lepper provided musical relief by singing Journey´s ¨Don´t Stop Believing¨ and just like that we all started singing songs from our childhood. Yes, even New Kids On The Block made our songlist.All 14 hands were on deck and we were able to change the lunch room from white and burgandy to a tropical blue! It was during this time of fun and laughter that our comic relief entered the day. Ms. Amanda Catherine Kelley decided to stand on one side of the sink to reach the side of the shelf. Now in order for you guys to understand where this story is going and how funny this is I must describe the sink. This dear friends, is a stone sink that has flat stone counters connected on each side. Did I mention that this sink is probably at least 4-5 feet deep and that she is about 4 foot 8? Now you get the picture...So as I was saying, Amanda Kelley stood on the side of the sink that was covered with a cloth as we did not want to get paint on it. Somehow, she placed her left foot on the seemingly supportive surface and before we knew it, our lovely teammate was chest deep in the sink and terrified. Gratefully Thomas jumped to her rescue in a matter of minutes and pulled her from the dark watery pit they call as sink. Meanwhile, everyone else was snorting, hunched over, crying, and laughing harder than humanly possible. Yes folks, Amanda is ok and she even let a few laughs go. Needless to this has been the joke of the day, well... at least until someone else does something.
Due to the rain, we didn´t get to do much outside today. But I believe we will have a great day tomorrow. It seems like one day it´s sunny in the morning and slightly rainy in the afternoon then the next day is sunny then lots of rain. If this pattern stays the same, it will be a better day. We ask that you join us in prayer that the roadblocks are removed tomorrow so that we can return to Panyvar and finish building the house. We love you all.
Hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
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