Jose Antonio Barillas - our mason started the day the right way...

This morning we arrived at our work site, and met our work crews. Each crew has one mason and two helpers for each house being built. Jose Antonio was one of the masons who did the devotion to start our day. It was interesting to hear his reading from John in Espanol. He was able to put the entire new testament into about 4 words and summarized it beautifully. He spoke from the heart, and clearly lives his faith.

We spent hours in the sun doing a variety of tasks: mixing cement, tying rebar, sanded walls using bricks, hauling dirt, the famous "shake and bake "sifting dirt, and digging 9 foot holes (yes, really - we have the pics to prove it.)

It was a lot of fun trying to understand the crews we worked with from El Salvador, and enjoyed learning some new words in Spanish, and taught them some English too.

We will have a day off tomorrow - starting with church service at a local Lutheran congregation (who also had volunteers at the work site today.) Then, we are off a lovely lunch and a boat ride on Lake Coatepeque.