CostaRica Day 3 Sabado

hello again,

well, another great start with a great, delicious, fortifying breakfast! john, especially ate a very healthy breakfast of a couple of bowls of cocoa crispies! he will be wired until lunch... you would think he might get sick eating that, but instead, wayne was not feeling well. he attributed it to eating too many different foods too quickly. he stayed back at the hotel for the morning to rest and heal.

we took off again for a thrilling ride on the bus on those narrow streets. fortuneately today is sabado and there was not much traffic. thank you Jesus!

once at the site, the ladies took off for the store to purchase food for breaks and meals. we were so surprised at what we found at the grocery store!! first of all, there was a security guard in the parking lot. as we walked into the store, he gave us a slip of paper. we had to return it to him when we left. no slip, no leave the country. [not really, it's just a security check] inside the store, it was super clean and super neat. i thought that the husband from 'sleeping with the enemy' was the stock boy. every can and box was placed perfectly on the shelves. hardly an item was out of place. the aisles were very wide and most did not have so many displays in them that you could hardly get by. the meat and fish counters were beautifully displayed and fresh, as were the fruits and veggies. and the prices were fabulous!! i bought mayonaise in a plastic squeeze pouch that is flavored with lemon! we don't have that in the states. it cost about 535 colones, or abou
t $1.25 american [you divide the colones by 460!!! i need a calculator for that high finance]
as nascar nancy [i don't know why they call her that] drove us home, we passed several costa ricans in the middle of the street or at the curb selling all kinds of goods--newspapers, coconuts, strawberries, mangos, flowers, etc. it seemed a little dangerous, but they just walk right up to the vehicle to try to sell you their wares. we bought mangos and strawberries. wow did the car smell great!!!

once back at the site, it was all work to catch up to the guys. kathy worked double time to make those curtains for tim and amanda's kids. kim and karen cut up strawberries, mangos, and bananas for the morning break feast. then they painted the upstairs bedroom. good job, ladies!

Jay went to the hotel to bring wayne back. he was feeling much better, praise the Lord, but had little energy. that did not, however, prevent him from fixing an outlet in tim's living room. and he did it in 2 minutes. he is a very good electrician. howard was working on his own most of the day, so we did not see much of him again, except to come see karen and kiss her. isn't marriage, in the Lord?

time and gary built scaffolding in the library to build the classrooms on a second floor loft so they could work from both sides;, then they had to carry the steel studs, all the tools, and the sheets of dry wall up the stairs or the scaffolding to build the walls mark and john help them stud the walls and hang the dry wall.

david spent the entire day running from job to job hanging, taping and mudding the dry wall. he was sopped all day. tonight is his turn to sleep well.

brent also spent the day working with the dry wall. you know how the president always shows age several months after taking office?? well brent is in the categorys--he had dark hair just yesterday and today he was "white" i guess that dry wall sanding is really stressful.

andy, jordan, and pastor worked diligently on the storage room--bedago--walls. today they added 3 courses on one wall and 4 courses on the other wall!! they are truly bountiful, bociferous, begago builders, aren't they. today, jordie mixed about 11 wheelbarrels full of mortar. youth is wonderful.

around 4 o'clock, everyone was on a roll, and bingo! the power went off in the entire block! we were all surprised, but the missionaries weren't. eveidentally, this was a common occrance. we continued to work, as there was still day light, and the apartments have many sky lights. we however, could not eat dinner there, so we all went to BK--you know, burger king.
back at our casa, it was time for devotions, and pastor talked to us about the harvest being plentiful, but the workers few [Mt 9:35] we have a wonderful opportunity to directly help the missionaries that go into the field. without help from groups like us, they cannot get the work done. they give so much, and they need a lot of encouragement from others, and us. it was a wonderful time of sharing.

tomorrow we get to sleep a little longer. praise God!

God is doing a wonderful work here. thank you again for your support and prayers. we miss you and love you...