It was Tuesday morning and the team still had three days of work left. I woke up grumpy because I was dreading the day ahead. We had scheduled two cement projects two days in a row, and this was the second one. The first cement day took a lot longer and was much harder than we anticipated. In addition we were short-staffed and were planning to divide the team; some to work on the cement and the others to do a medical outreach. On this day, the cement project would be even harder since we had to lift buckets full of cement up to the beam at Pastor Victor's church (La Hermosa). So with an already tired team, fewer people to do the cement work, and a baking hot day, I felt my grumpy attitude was justified.
Erick woke up feeling overwhelmed, anxious and worried....for all the same reasons. The combination of my grumpy and his anxious could have been the deathblow.....BUT, God, yet again, surprised us! More cement than the day before, fewer hands (both staff and team), and a tired group of people, and yet we finished earlier than the day before AND ran a medical clinic. We also got to pray for Pastor Victor and one of families in his church, both of whom helped us all day. Here is a pictorial look at this surprising day. To God be the glory!
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| Matt Marvin saw 28 patients from Tres Reyes. Anna Conrad (Back2Back staff) translated. |
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