This meant mezcla (cement) and lots of it. We mixed about 3 piles before breakfast.
Today we had traditional breakfast tacos. Refried beans, scrambled eggs topped with central American sour cream (mantequilla)
Kat is my number one VBS helper... she is such a great young lady...
After a quick break for breakfast we got right back to cement mixing.
All the cement is of course transported by bucket line...
The process of pouring the floor is pretty cool – they line the floor with 1X2 planks and run the cement in between them. It takes an unbelievable amount of cement to fill a floor like this so we mixed and mixed and mixed.
Meanwhile in the kitchen some helped the sisters make tortillas… lets see… 75 people, 3 tortillas each… 225 hand made tortillas just for one lunch…
I can’t even imagine how many cups of rice are in the pot…
While we were busy pouring the floor the brothers finished building the outhouse, quite a luxury to have at a church.
The young brothers helped mix the top coat of cement by hand.
After the top coat went on smooth, dye crystals were spread over the surface to give the floor some decoration.
We are staying in the city of Tocoa. It is a pretty thriving little hub on the north coast.
Some went to the vegetable stand today to buy some goods for upcoming meals. With the fields just miles away it doesn’t get much fresher than this…
I got pretty sick last night... no puke but still not well... I spent 12 hours in bed and took pedialite for dehydration... I woke up today feeling like a million bucks...glad to be over the sickness... Tomorrow is the last day of VBS and I am looking forward to it...
1 comment:
Hi Bryan, the pictures of your work are wonderful. So you work before you eat! I'm telling your Uncle Charlie about that! Have you considered opening a Wienerschnitzel (sp?) franchise there! It's amazing how many people have to do the work in place of modern machinery. We are so blessed, and an experience like this brings it to surface. I pray your VBS goes well today and that the children understand the love of the Heavenly Father for them is priceless. I pray those w/out Him will accept His free gift of salvation. May the Lord bless you and your team for serving Him. Love, Aunt Jane & Uncle Charlie
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