DR Work Day 1

We discovered our jobs for the week. We will be back filling the new pool here at Pico with mounds and mounds of earth. In addition, we are sanding and refinishing a fence that surrounds the camp. One of YL's mottos is that everything speaks - to the paint on fences down to the way forks are laid out. Here in the DR camp may be the equivalent to Disneyland in terms of its upkeep and presentation just because of some of what the day to day looks like for the youth that come here. It's a blessing and amazing to be apart of that story of these youth. Our Colorado students are feeling that impact - they are feeling that they truly are having a hand in youth meeting Christ at Pico by the work they are doing with a shovel and a paint brush. Work went well and we are making some serious progress. We finished the day by going into town, Jarabaoca, for the chicken man and some ice cream. They all loved the pollo and of course loved the ice cream as well - even though that was quite the experience trying to order and figure out the flavors. It was a great day, and now, we get ready to repeat it. A bunch of our Dominican friends are back working alongside us this year which is wonderful. Today we will try to push ourselves out of our comfort zones to struggle through any Spanglish we can muster up. Keep praying for us to leave the comfort of English and the ease of talking to one another. Pray for strength and energy as we go back to moving dirt, painting and working in the sun. Great times and great laughs have already been had - it's so great to be back.