Hola amigos!
After leaving at 3:30 am to get to the airport and a few delays (including a dead battery on one of the vans) we are finally in Barahona! Our morning started out with a one verse Bible study from Hebrews that reminds us all that God never leaves us. What a great way to start the day! We got a glimpe of the newly purchased land where a trench has been dug in order to start building the wall. Our boys are dirty, dirty, dirty… which brings us to the Spanish word of the day. Sucio=dirty. The property used to be a land fill where the Dominicans burned the trash, so the whole property is like walking in soot from a fireplace. The boys worked on the cutting wire to prepare for the cement while the girls prayer walked with members of Franklin’s church. The translators have not yet arrived, so communication in some groups consists of a lot of hand gestures and sign language.
There has been a slight delay in the building process because a trench on one side of the property is too far out. It did not allow room for a sidewalk and the city requires it. Please pray this issue can be resolved so that we can continue to build without extra monetary expenses. This afternoon we will continue to prayer walk in order to pass out information on tomorrow’s church service. It is definitely hotter this year then it has been in years past, and we are all already starting to feel it. Pray that we can continue to push through and that everyone will stay hydrated. We are all so excited to be here and have even already met up with friends from the past few years. We will try to continue to keep everyone updated on a daily basis.
God bless,
Brooklina and Paintin (Brooklyn & Payton)
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