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David Hurst's
Journal entry for Monday, June 16...
Well, we started the day with a delicious breakfast, as are all of our
meals at the hotel. Time was short because we were invited by Damian (the
school director) to attend the opening worship service with the students
at 8:00 a.m. They said the pledge of allegience, had prayer, and 2 students
sang a duet with a guitar. We were asked to sing, and we sang "Surely
the Presence." The children were delightful in their school uniforms.
After the school worship, Kay and Bryan were off to the Santa Cruz airport
to retrieve the last of our 3 suitcases, but were unsuccessful. These
suitcases had underwear, socks, fingernail polish, hacky sacks, etc. The
authorities were concerned that we were planning to sell these items,
and needed a letter stating that they were donated by the church, and
would be used for the children at the school.
At the worksite, we are helping with renovations at the Colegio Metodisto
for children all the way through high school. The school was built in
1957, and needs renovations. We are tearing out walls and windows, and
digging foundations for new walls. These rooms will be office space for
Damian and others, an information center, and classrooms for the children.
As for our teamwork, a gang of 5 gals were shown how to chip the paint
off the brick walls, so they can be plastered for the new rooms. The rest
of us were cleaning up bricks and mortar from several walls that had been
knocked out.
At lunch,
wonderful as always, we recieved VHUMC hardhats from the Horizons Sunday
School Class. Their note reminded us that we are not only building a school,
but building loving friendships with the people here in Montero. They
also gave us "Bob the Builder" scripture cards, which read,
"...if anyone serves, they should do it with strength that God provides,
so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him
be the glory and the power forever. Amen." I Peter 4:11
In the afternoon, we continued our work. After consuming a delicious dinner,
we had some share time for our team. We told stories about what we are
learning through our time here, and where we are seeing God. All in all,
it was a very productive as well as enjoyable day.