Day 4 June 19, 2012.
It was a long day today and the sun was out making it almost unbearable. While it has been hot the past couple of day, the cloud cover really helped. The direct sun really saps the energy.
Today the team split. The roof crew went to work on the roof while another group stayed at the house this morning and broke down twenty 55 pound bags of rice. Each bag when broken down will generate about 50 meals for a 5-6 person family. Along with rice many bags of black beans were also packaged. The goal was to distribute food and clothes this afternoon in the Cipress neighborhood. But as we learn quickly here things are subject to change.
All of the stuff was on the pick-up truck when we had a flat tire. Around here AAA is not a option so the flat took hours to repair. Now we have scheduled the delivery for tomorrow. The entire team worked on the house and we finished one roof and began the rafters on the second. Erica has become a pro at cutting wood and cranking the generator
There were dozen of children where we are working. While we worked on the roof, there was plenty of time to share with the children and the adults. The team has pulled together very well and we are being blessed.
Fred Jordan led the devotion tonight. He brought a hat full of small stones back to the compound and challenged us to find God-moments this week and to take home a stone as a reminder of that moment. His God-moment today was when a board fell off the roof and hit David in the head (no major injury) but David did sit out for a while. While David was sitting down with some ice on his bump, the children, as always, gathered around. David who is a good artist picked up a piece of burnt charcoal and began drawing on a short piece of wood. The attention the children paid him was amazing. And as he drew he witnessed to them. The God-moment was, as David said, that the Lord had to hit him with a 1×6 to remind him what he was really there to do – share the love of Christ. It reminds us that God is always trying to get us to pay attention and sometimes it can take a tragedy or a simple bump on the head to make us listen. Our prayer tonight was for Him to make us aware of the God-moments we each have the opportunity to experience each day.
The journey continues so please keep us in your prayers.
Jim Clark
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