Today was a full day of work. We arrived at Villa Real and got to work toting block and buckets of mortar and wheelbarrows of cement. The walls are nearly complete on the building. The carpenter and his assistants were nailing he forms into place for he headers over the windows and doors. The plan Continue reading

Today was a bit different from the norm. We got to sleep late since we weren’t leaving for the work site. I turned off the alarm and woke up at my usual time. Oh well … I did force myself to lay there a little longer. Breakfast was quite good. For our team that is Continue reading

Today was a bit of a different day. The team from Waynesboro went directly to Villa Real to keep on building the block walls of the church. I had the opportunity to go to Juan Dolio to help with the install of a water treatment system. “Help” may be an exaggeration. I did hand Juan Continue reading

Today was a writing day. The team from Waynesboro wen to the site at Villa Real. The big accomplishment was to pour the roof on the water house. It took lots and lots and LOTS of concrete. If you’ve never been on a bucket line, you have no idea just how much fun (translate as Continue reading

It was a long, hot day of mixing cement to finishing pouring the footers for the walls that are yet to come. Truthfully, there were three tasks going on simultaneously. There was the mixing and pouring for the footers, laying block on the portion of the footers already poured, and the framing of the ceiling/roof Continue reading

We packed up a lot of stuff and headed to the Santo Domingo airport this morning to pick up the team from First United Methodist of Waynesboro (the Bearden’s home church). Lunch was at the airport, then we headed to the hotel. I got to spend some good time with Pastor Juan whose church is Continue reading

Today was a relatively easy day. Spent a little time with the Beardens, but most of the day was spent trying to push through chapter 10. I’m not quite there yet, so tomorrow may be the day. I got some clothes washed, dried on the line, and folded. I’ll pack up tomorrow. Not quite sure Continue reading

Today we went to a small church in La Hagua for worship. I caught a word or two in Spanish, but mostly I just worshiped and appreciated the genuineness and passion of Pastor Santiago. The afternoon was spent resting. Because of the heat, it’s easy to fall asleep with fans blowing. I also came to Continue reading

Well, that didn’t work out so well. Posted but the text didn’t show up. There’s no way I can remember what I typed… oh well. I’ll make it unsatisfactorily brief. All is well. I’m at the camp enjoying some time with the Beardens It’s dry here and hot, but not oppressively so. As long as Continue reading

We were up and back to the site at Villa Real before the weather heated up too badly. It was just a little cooler today than yesterday, and we were all grateful for that. The team from Journey Church is made up of teens and youth leaders. They have worked hard and gotten a lot Continue reading