A day that started with a rain delay of two hours ended up being ahead of schedule at the day's end.
I honestly don't know where to start. We show up at the work site, after and AWESOME breakfast of breakfast burritos from the YWAM base, and ready to start a long day of work. And what a long day it was. Definitely not in a bad way though. Just thinking through all I've done in a single day is just mind blowing to me.
Arrive at work site, get instructions for your crew... ready? BREAK! I was on the "building and walls" crew. So I got to play with grown up lego foam blocks and stack them four feet tall and all around the perimeter of the church site. We poured some concrete in the first layer to fasten them to the foundation and then did another three blocks on top. Then some horizontal rebar to zip tie them to the already in place vertical rebar. All of that had to be done by 3pm because the cement truck would be arriving then to fill in the rest of the needed cement. We finished before lunch!! :) So then we sat around for the rest of the day... HA! Just kidding!
I then joined whatever team needed me. For an hour or so I was plastering fiber glass mesh to the inside of the pastor's house we're building. I also pounded the outside of the roof portion of the house to settle the cement to the other side and get a good angle for the tresses to be in place. You could also find me scraping out excess cement that spilled from the cement crane pouring. I could go on and on about my various jobs. SO FUN!
The best part of the day (besides not being trapped in my office with no breeze) was watching the current student females group around the (very) outnumbered men and see how they interacted. I've made friends with the only other alum on the trip (he's actually from SLO too!!) and we just laaaaaugh as I compare it to the animal planet. It so reminds me of my time at high school summer camp or NSO at PLNU. You see the same few girls trying to find one guy who gives her the high five first out of the group of girls around him or give her his jacket because he's "oh so cold" (not because he smells "oh so good" which is what she tells her girlfriends).
One of the senior girls asked if I was married and when I laughed (more of a chuckle) and said "no thanks" she got this shocked look on her face and the conversation went something like this,
"wait, you went to Loma right?"It was a good conversation about how you really don't have to be married right away. Some of the people I look up to most aren't married and are older than me or are just married. My education and career are far more my focus and this student agreed. She takes off soon after graduation for Pensacola, Florida for Navy flight school. She's got so much life to live within the next few weeks and so much change happening all around her.
"Ha, yup sure did and didn't leave with a husband"
"that s so nice to hear!"
Food today was great. Only "Mexican food" was breakfast burritos. The sweet ladies of the church had sandwiches made for us for lunch and then AMAZING chicken, mushroom, onion cassarole w/ a crosinant and mashed potatoes and a little salad. AH-MAZING!! Here's a tip for making a green salad not boring... ADD CILANTRO!! This salad has no dressing and only greens and silvered carrots... and CILANTRO! Genius and amazing.
It's not time for a truly needed shower and some quiet devo time in my bunk. Too much people time for me today. :)
Until next time...
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