Seema here. Tuesday morning, 7:25 AM. Just finished worship and waiting for breakfast to arrive. It’ll probably be the usual, plantains with a little bit of something on top. But I can’t forget the fruit on the side. OH, and the anticipation of the discovery of what freshly squeezed juice we get. Woah, it just arrived. So I was wrong, empanadas it is. After breakfast we plan to break up in to 2 groups. One small one going to Quisqueya to do rebar, and the rest going to Sandero to do the foundation. I will be going to Sandero to work with cement in the hot sun and then at 5 we have a VBS for the kids at Sandero. This has been the usual for the past 6 days. Time flies when you’re on the same schedule everyday. But it has been a great experience for me. I know I didn’t go into too much depth about how this has made me feel, but I will check in later! Keep us in your prayers, it’s going to be a hard day! Adios.

Seema Khandagle

Just a short note today. The past 2 days have been a blur of work and sleep. The projects are coming along nicely. No significant injuries or illnesses at this point. Most everyone has been so tired from working the past 2 nights we just fall into bed and sleep! I tried to get more kids to blog today but they were all "too tired!" I understand because just holding my arms up to type is killing me!

The quesqua site is almost finished. They are putting the last steel up and pouring the last concrete today. We just started pouring concrete at the Sandero site yesterday. Man is that some work. Pushing wheel barrow after wheel barrow load of concrete up, over, around, and under obsticals is a pain. Carrying the 94 pound bags of concrete, then pushing loads of rock, sand and gravel into the mixer is no fun either!

I must say I am very proud of these teens. After a group discussion and vote it was unanimously decided that we skip the snorkeling trip and invest that money back into our mission building projects! We will take that day and spend it playing volleyball on the beach and swimming in the ocean. Our only expense will be gas and food. What a wonderful and unselfish sacrifice they have chosen to make!

God has richly blessed on the trip. Our vehicles are held together by prayers, duct tape and a HUGE dose of Ralph Craig! If not for him Richie Silie and I would still be stuck on the side of the road thumbing a ride into town to post this blog.

The weather here is perfect! Low 80´s with a cool breeze all day and low 70´s at night. The mesquitos are not as bad as they were on the pre-trip and the breeze helps keep them away.

Sorry you have had to listen to me prattle on and on but since the posts today were so anemic I thought I would say a few things while the pictures upload (takes between 5-10 minutes per picture)

Love to all. Please continue the prayers and comments to previous posts. The kids love them!

Joel