Thursday, June 16, 2005

chimalhuacan: day four 4:10 PM

the day is going well. don is working on rebuilding the gate, and the guys are mixing concrete and pouring the footers. i've been able to haul several wheelbarrowfulls of sand and rocks back and forth, from their respective piles to the place where they are needed. i helped valentin twist ties to hold the forms together, and have done some buying of supplies as needed. the man at the hardware store and i are becoming close friends. it's a good thing --being able to open up and explain why we're here. good conversations.

i spent an hour this morning counseling a friend of Isidra's about some unhealthy family dynamics. she's asked me to speak to her son this evening. please pray for me as i approach that.

it's been a heavy cloud cover all day, so the weather has been REALLY good to us - even though it rained yesterday evening, we weren't at a point in the work where it was going to harm us or the construction. right now some of the cloud cover looks like it might bring some rain, but i think we'll be okay even if it does come down a little more. dust control is much easier that way. :-)

grace & peace

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