Everyone's feeling a little more energized today. With two days of demolition, heavy lifting and hard labor behind us, things are getting a little easier.
Mike, Bob, and I continued to work on the crater. We were able to get most of the plumbing completed as well as backfill the hole with dirt and concrete. By the end of the day, it was starting to look like we might finish it this week.
Meanwhile Nate and Don continued to run at a record pace. Their bathroom is framed up, the shower curb is laid, and they will be putting up drywall and laying tile tomorrow.
We knocked off at 3:00 to get ready to make the hour-long drive to Jinotepe for the evening seminar. It was back to the bucket showers since the water was not on yet. To give you a better idea of what is involved in a bucket shower...first, when the water comes on for the evening, you turn on the shower so it can fill the 50 gallon drum. That is your sole water source for the next day. When you want to take a shower, you get a smaller bucket and dip it in.
The drive over was beautiful. We climbed out of Managua and up over the mountains. Outside the city things the topography changes and there are rolling mountains, tall trees, and vistas with volcanos dotting the skyline...you can faintly see the Mombacho volcano out on the horizon. The photo is not great...we were running a little late and I was trying to take a few pics while Fabricio was driving 110kmh over a rough highway.
Then out of the other window the sun was setting and we could see the Pacific Ocean in the distance!
Mike taught the 1st of two sessions on Spiritual Leadership. The material was taken from a combination of Oswald Sanders book by the same name as well as additional material from Andy Stanley's Next Generation Leader.
The seminar was supposed to run from 6:00 - 8:00...so knowing the way things work in Nica, the pastor told everyone to arrive at 5:30. Well at 6:15 four people had arrived. When we finally got started around 6:30 about 20 were there. Mike did a great job and the content was well received...
...and tomorrow I'll be giving it a try. I hope Part II goes as well as Part I...you prayers are appreciated.
Just checking in to see how teaching went. You must be tired because you haven't posted. We are praying for you guys and look forward to hearing about the trip!
ReplyDeleteThanks bro! It went well but it is an hour from Managua. So we did not get in until close to 9:30 (10:30 EST). Today has been really busy. I think we can see the end and are running hard to get everything done.
ReplyDeleteI am tired...but might actually get a shower with running water! That has not happened at all this trip!