So today was digging day. We went to the village of Okolassi to start the foundation of the church. The foundation itself is 8 meters by 12 meters which meant a lot of dirt was flying. Let me give you the rundown: 40 meters distance, 40-65 cm deep, 40 cm wide, 20 people, 10 shovels, 3 pick-axes, 2 machetees, and sweat galore. :-) We got it all done though. I'll try to post some pictures at a later time.
I think the coolest part today was some of the village kids coming down to help us dig. It was right around lunchtime when we were all dead-tired, and they were an encouragement to keep on going. More so because this church is for them as well. Let me explain: the team starting this church (about 5 months ago) ministers to about 100 kids a week which is roughly 5 times the size of the adults attending service. The church is going to for many children and this allowed them to take ownership of something that will be integral in their futures. Someone brought this up in debrief: won't it be cool to one day meet a kid that helped us and he says "i helped to build the church and my kids now attend it where there are 500+ attenders." What an awesome opportunity God had us be a part of today. Two words for today: God works.
Prayer: A couple of the team members have gotten sick the last two days. Pray for good health and safety for the duration of their trip.
Sounds like alot of hard work, but what an AWESOME experience. By the summer's end you will have dug so much dirt you might want to change your major to something including construction work!!! Can't tell you how much we wish we were there still apart of what the teams are doing! POST PICTURES so we can see what's going on...come on, Mr. Techy...please!
ReplyDeleteIt's cool to see how God works. In Guat, we did a lot of digging so my dad and I are prepared. :) And I'm with you about sick people. We had a number of our team sick within the week. Praying.
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