Another Busy Day...

It’s 7:00 AM and all the children in the VERBO School are standing at attention ready for the SHBC Nic Team devotion presentation.  Unfortunately, our regular form of transportation (a small bus) did not show up at the designated time, so Pastor Ed began shuttling the group in priority order.  Students enjoyed a short skit about giving your heart to Jesus and you could hear the laughter and see the smiles of the entire audience.

Student Assembly

When the second group arrived in the “Pastor Ed Express”, they jumped up on the stage in preparation for a rousing bilingual rendition of “Open the Eyes of My Heart”.  Zachary and Timothy presented two sewing machines and some physical education equipment to the school purchased with funds that they had collected at Florence Hallock School.  A variety of other items were also presented at this time.  The team then broke into small groups and went into each classroom to give individual gifts to each student and teacher, compliments of funds raised at the McLeod School Penny Carnival.  A highlight of the gifts was the individual post cards the McLeod students had made.

The Sewing Machine

Appreciative recipients.

A few people walked back to Pastor Ed’s house for breakfast and others rode in his truck.  Cathy Cosgrove stepped in a low spot and twisted her ankle.  Nothing serious – but she stayed back at the house and worked on sewing drapes for Casa Materna accompanied by Liz.

Pastor Ed's Shuttle

Late start at the job site today.  Curtis, Kevin and Todd began tearing down forms and getting ready for the next stage (moving the forms to new locations).  The rest of the crew started a brand new project creating a “round-about” at the bottom of the hill at the school.  This required quite a bit of digging and swinging the pick-axe.  A few trees needed to be moved – however this proved to be too difficult to do so the trees were just removed.  After some of the palm leaves came down, some of the students showed us how to weave the palm leaves into a form of decoration.

The Palm Branch Decoration

Machete’s were flying, Pick-axes were swinging and shovels moved the earth.  Guess who the machete Queen is (post it in your comments)?  As the sun beat down upon us we saw the first signs of fatigue.  The hard work is taking its toll. Thankfully there was a slight breeze today.

THE POWER TEAM!

Clump of Coconut Tree Roots

Shirley, Margaret, Edith and Kathy went to the girls orphanage to hand out stuffed animals, tooth brushes and tooth paste.  They also visited two other schools to present gift packages to the children in attendance. Liz and Cathy made a trip to a school in the quarry area bringing soccer balls purchased with money from Liz’s grandson.

The girls at the orphanage

The ladies left the job site at 3:30 and Kevin and Bill caught their second wind and pushed the remaining crew to greater accomplishments. 

Work At The Top

Our usual team meeting was made even more special with a presentation from the team to Esther (Pastor Ed’s daughter) and her fiancé Davis of a small pre-wedding gift.  They were very surprised and thankful.

Team Meeting.

Lorraine thought we had turtle for dinner – but it was really KFC! I guess we’ve been working her too hard!

Tomorrow our target is to pour a little more concrete, either on the school building or the round-about.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers.  We are so thankful for your amazing support.  We can feel you praying for this team.

Curt, Todd & Lorraine
(for the Nic Team)