What a difference day can make!
O Yesterday; thunderstorms, both literal and spiritual/metaphorical filled the air. Today; clear Dominican skies and nonstop sunshine (yep, literal and figurative).
O Yesterday; a busload of bedraggled missionaries struggled to pick up shovels and raise pickaxes on Day 7 - the traditional "humpday" on these trips). Today; renewed and reinvigorated, 23 saints mounted a full-on assault - digging yet another trench, raising walls, mixing, loading, passing and dumping cemento and mecla (the gooey cement mix that holds cinder blocks together), passing and piling heavy cinder blocks and forming cubo (bucket) lines out of thin air...all with outsized smiles, sweat and spirit.
O Yesterday; the worksite looked like...well, a worksite. Today; the four interior walls of a school/medical clinic/water treatment building rose almost magically, row upon row, hour upon hour into something closely resembling the vision Pastor Brony has had in his head since he first partnered with the Foundation for Peace (and ultimately Woodside) three years ago.
It's a good feeling to see a lot of hard work begin turning into something that we can now look over our shoulder and say, "Hey, we made that!" It's also good to know that it was done with an unusually amazing group of people. And it's great know to why it was done....because these were "good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
The only downside...in about 36 hours, we need to start disbanding this fantastic group of brothers and sisters.
See you soon Woodside - and thanks to all who have supported and followed us on this mission!
Dios te bendiga.
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