The Guys’ Trip

November 15, 2009

Last week, the guys on our team and a missions pastor from a local church here took off to the village with Katie’s and my house plans, a model of our house, cement for our foundation, and lumber for our lintels. It was a trip mainly to get the construction started on our house. They […]

Our House

November 9, 2009

Two weeks ago, when we came out of the village last time, we sat down together as a team and decided that we would build our house (Katie’s and my house) first! I was hit with excitement – that we were finally getting to build our house- and the realization that OUR HOUSE WAS GOING […]

Our Houses

October 23, 2009

One of the purposes on our trip was to figure out where we could build our houses. This was accomplished! One of the leaders told us we should build below his house between some other houses so that they could keep an eye on our houses when we have to be out of the village. […]

We have adobes!

October 19, 2009

God answered our prayers. We weren’t sure what to expect as far as adobes were concerned, because we’d been gone for so long. We weren’t sure if the people would be motivated to make what we asked when we weren’t coming back for so long. We had left some money with the village leaders to […]

FAQ: What are you doing right now?

September 27, 2009

I think one key component of this time while we are waiting for the rains to stop so we can travel into the village is team relationship & bonding. We’re just now all living in the same place for the first time. It is a time of learning about each other and building of relationships […]