Mexico Update #9 – A Day of Normal & Crazy! 3
Tuesday was a very interesting day. It began like any of the other days…wake-up…devotions…breakfast…teaching…and load up the trucks to head out for the work-sites.
This is where things get a little crazy. Two out of our four groups had a pretty normal day. We worked hard, got back to the dorms, and loaded the trucks for the next day. After that we had time to get our first shower of the week (most had their last shower Saturday night or around 4am Sunday), and then had pizza at Ma Ma Mias – it was very good. When we got back to the dorms at 7pm for our evening meeting we found out that our other two groups hadn’t made it back yet – Enter CRAZY…
The other two groups worked right next to one another so they loaded up all of their supplies onto the same truck and began following it to the work-site. About 30 minutes into their drive Caravan’s truck broke down. After about 2 hours and the help of a friendly, Christian Mexican mechanic, who happened to be walking by, they were ready to continue to the work-site. Finally the group arrived a little after noon. Usually at that point groups are getting close to finishing the last wall. On top of the truck problems one of the families who were making lunch for the group had a bunch of problems with her gas skillet. She had a leak and it even caught fire a few times. Praise God that a few of our guys on our team knew how to fix it for her…so a really late lunch for one of the groups as well.
Our last two groups finally arrived back to the dorms that night around 7:30. They were dirty, tired, hungry, and still had to load their trucks for the next day. At that moment I decided to take that burden off of them by having our other two groups load it for them. By the way, they were more than glad to do this. I also knew they wouldn’t have time to get showers or go out to eat, so I jumped in my van and picked up Ma Ma Mia’s pizza. Yeah as you can imagine they really enjoyed it.
See Update #10 for the conclusion of our day…
hi sweetie! we miss you alot! sawyer is not himself! our house isnt the same without you. Grandma s. was in prayer all day, stressed over the high temps in mexico. she heard 110. wow! hope everyone is drinking enough! hope you remember to tell us all the stories, the ma ma mia’s pizza sounds great. nothing new in Elkhart, we will keep praying for your safty….oh, Dad said, the white things on your hands are blissters! lol
As a member of 1of those groups I want 2 thank u 4 ur kindness and compassion and thotfulness. It did not go unnoticed in the midst of the frustration and craziness. And the pizza was ggggooooooooood!
As also a member of the mentioned groups I’d like to join with Rachel in saying that the kindness of the groups who took the burden of loading the trucks did not go unnoticed in the least bit. Thank you to all the individuals who took up that burden and also thank you to tommy for getting the pizza for us. About the truck breaking down, to me it was a reminder that God will provide no matter what the situation. I say this because of the fact that literally minutes after the truck broke down a good Samaritan who just happened to have the necessary skills and tools needed to fix the truck came driving by and stopped to help, which wouldn’t be such a big deal except for the fact that the tool set he has costs money which is something the majority of people in the area we were serving in do not have much of. So the fact that an individual who was passing by at the time was blessed enough to own the tools we needed to fix the truck was a reminder to me of how great God is and how no matter what the situation, He will always provide