Team 1 - Welcome Home!

Who is that hiding behind Philip?

Is that Allison?

Joel looks pretty excited to be back and he hasn't even seen Allison yet.

Cleaning Up, Packing Up, and Ready to Depart

We left Choluteca at 7:00 a.m.  It was a beautiful 3 hour drive north into the mountains to Tegus to the airport.

The Dedication

 

 

The Honduran/American construction team gathered for the dedication service.  Words of appreciation and encouragement were exchanged.  A Team 1 tradition of 'washing the feet' of the Honduran construction members took place (John 13).  Pastor Darwin said a prayer of thankfulness and blessing for the Sunday school building.  And keys were presented to the locks on the doors.  A special ending to special week in Piedra de Agua. 

Beautiful Honduran Children and Youth...a blessing

 

These are inspiring beautiful children with names like Dehiz, Elmer, Jose, Edwin, Eduwado, Meylin, Yeslin, Csvi, Junior, Christian, David, Fransico, Vanessa, Maria, Wilson etc.! 

 

Floors and Roof work today

 

Today the team poured the floors with 7 plus piles of concreto.  Mixing the concreto is all done by hand...and back.  Budd and Tommy raked and smoothed the floors.  Ron and Keith fixed the galvanized metal roof material to the supports.

Apply twice daily

We were all expecting the normal Honduran 'hot and dusty' weather.  This year it was hot but it never made it to 100 degrees.  There was a nice breeze most every day but we still had to apply the 30 spf for protection.  We look forward to returning to the current polar vortex freeze that will welcome us at home tomorrow night.

Day 6 - A New Legacy for Luz y Vida

 

Luz y Vida church has a quality legacy.  But any time the children needed to meet separately for sunday school time they either met in the soccer field across the street or in the wooden lean-to beside the church.  After 5 days of construction they now have two 16 x 20 rooms for the children.  The adults meet in the church.