Day 5

We´re still going strong. We started today out with some old friends. We invited Mary Luz, David, and Jessica to come eat with us. So, they joined us for breakfast this morning. If you remember, this is the family that we built a house for in 2008. It was good to see them. We have included a picture below.

Carrie Shirah and her family donated several Spanish New Testament Bibles to bring with us on this trip. Many have already been handed out. Below Carrie is showing one of the books to the daughter of a lady that cleans the peace house.

This morning the roof was finished. This is a picture of the last of the tin being put on.

Today the group worked the whole time on the cement walls. This meant that we needed a constant supply of fresh cement. So Johnny, Philip, and Brandon played a big role by keeping the cement coming. Below Philp is mixing a new batch.

Below Brandon and Johnny are working together to fill in the cement between the cement blocks. We had teams working on different stages of the wall construction to keep everything moving along. Someone would work on laying the blocks, someone would make the cement, and someone would fill in the gaps.

This is a picture of everyone working (except the cameraman Wes). There are some advantages to being the photographer for the group. You get to take pictures when everyone else is working.

Glenda found time to take a bicycle for a spin. The bicycle is a major means of transportation in this area of Nicaragua. Many times, two people are riding on a bike. I don´t know how they do it.

We had a short work day today, so that we could go into Leon and enjoy the city. We worked until one and called it a day. This is a picture of the house at the end of our day. It probably looked a lot different at 5 when Fernando finished working on the house.

This is a group picture at the end of the day. Some members of the team had walked back to the Peace House early so not everyone is here in the picture.

While in Leon, we bought some food for Mary Luz and her family. This is a picture of Wes carrying some of the food down the streets of Leon to the van.

Mañana.