As usual, the alarm clock went off this morning, and as usual, none of us felt like placing our feet on the cold tiles. Hannah and Sarah were the first ones up, because they wanted to see the breathtaking Mexican sunrise! As we all arrived at the kitchen for breakfast, we learned that Churchill was fighting for his life, and many of us were a bit distracted during our devo time.
So after a quick prayer for Churchill, we gathered our supplies and started up the concrete mixer. We completed the porch that we had begun on Friday! We worked so hard that we got it done by 10:30! Jessie and Tali filled buckets with cement, and Snyder filled buckets with water and took pictures. Megan, Sarah, and Hannah filled buckets with gravel. Then Josh, Zach, and Brett dumped all the buckets into the mixer and emptied it into wheelbarrows, which were manned by Tyler, David, and Bastian. They wheeled the concrete over to the porch where Kate, Kenzy, Aleah, Gary, and Monte leveled and smoothed it.
As soon as we had cleaned up from the cement, we took a break. It was at this time that Tali and Jessie found that Churchill had passed away. So then we had a small burial for him.
After break we split up into smaller groups and began working on some odd jobs that kept us busy until lunchtime. Some of us whitewashed, others welded, and made more cement forms.
Today was laundry day, and we were exciting to get clean clothing after wearing out current clothes for five days straight with no showers. Just kidding!! But seriously, Kim and Mrs. H have kept us well supplied with clean clothes and wonderful food. This morning, after they finished the laundry, they had to go into town with Gail to get our visas!
This was the seventh intense day of work here in the blazing Mexico heat. We are all exhausted by midday and then feel the need for a siesta. However, today, we only had an hour of rest before we had to depart for the Brickyard. So, no rest for the weary. : )
Today we got to teach a team of kids from Illinois how to build the outhouses, so they can continue working on them after we leave. We split up into three groups: two were working on outhouses and the remaining team members played with the kids. Jasmine and her family got all dressed up for us to take pictures of them just like they did last year.
We are all getting worn out, but we are enjoying our time here at the ranch and are looking forward to relaxing in the Sierra Madres. But first we have another day of work! : )
Prayer Requests:
- Continued unity
- Unconditional love for each other and for the people that we come into contact with
- That the air conditioning in the van will get fixed before we have the three-hour drive to the mountains
- Safety as we finish up our work projects and then as we travel to the mountains on Thursday
- Energy to complete our last day of work here at the ranch
- PRAISE – Monte is back to “one-hundred percent”
We love you all! Thanks for praying for us!!!!
Also, thank you for all of your sweet comments regarding Churchill!
Love, Hannah and Megan
6 comments:
You fooled me! Speaking of yourself in the third person ... or since it's two of you is it third people? ;-) Tricky tricky!
Great post girls!
So glad you're not too tired to enjoy a sunrise! Have a amazing mountain adventure!
I'm off to Michigan for the weekend so won't get to see you Sat. night. Can't wait to collect hugs and stories!
Love you!
Mom/Mrs. R.
AN amazing adventure! I hate typos!
Megan and Hannah!!!!!!! Thanks so much for the post girls!!! Good to hear from ya!!!! Hannah, it must have been beautiful to watch the sunrise. I d id not do it last year, as some of our team did, but I bet it was magnificent. I hope ya'll are holding up, and I'm sure you are with a smile on your face:) That's so great!! Keep up the good work and hopefully I'll see ya'll Saturday night.
Sounds like you all are having an incredible time in there.
I love seeing the picture of Jasmine and the girls all dressed up. They are so beautiful!
Thanks for the post.
Praying for you all!
Miss you!
Haylee
Hey Hannah and Megan!!! I sure wish I was there! I miss everyone and it sounds like all of you are enjoying your time, even if you are working for most of it! But then again, working can be fun!!
Dude, Josh H. in SUNGLASSES!!! I've never seen him with sunglasses on before!!
Well, I guess I will see you all on Saterday!! Great post by the way and I wasn't fooled(or was I?)! I will also be praying for everyone. Enjoy your trip to the mountians!!
Zach R.
So glad to hear that people are being restored to health! God wants abundance of enjoyment and impact for you all, and we know who would like to steal that from you. I am impressed that you are fighting for each other and continuing to get lot of work done for the people there. I expect to hear good news about the van soon. Love you and praying for you. Mrs R
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