we have started our work at Pico Escondido. One thing that has just been amazing is the ability to return year after year. Each year we get to see projects that have been completed by other teams after we have left. The biggest change has been the pool area that we have been working on for the past two years. Take a look through the Instagram or Facebook pictures to see what the finished project looks like. It truly is amazing!
This year we are working on a few projects. One project has been some beautification/upkeep of the camp entrance gates that are the first thing campers will see upon arriving at camp. Another project was mixing lots of wheelbarrows of concrete to make a drainage ditch outside of camp to help protect the road to camp from rain runoff. That project was completed on our second day of work. Our third project is building a gazebo at the challenge course carrying cement blocks, mortar, and concrete up a steep hill by hand and buckets. We joke each year with our DR friends about what the work is that we will be doing at Pico as it always seems to incorporate lots of concrete work. But our kids are seasoned and willing to do whatever is needed to make this camp speak loudly about the love of Christ. And many hands make concrete work easier. The positive of concrete work and painting is you really get to see major progress at the end of a very hard week of work.
We have filled our free time with walking to the corner market for DR coke (made with cane sugar), ice cream and cookies - but it's well deserved with how hard our daily work is. And last night we had our yearly DR dancing lesson which always produces lots of smiles and laughter. Good memories are being made.
In the midst of all the temporal things we are building and the sweets we are enjoying some eternal is also being built thru team debreifs and our time spent with the Lord each day. Pray over this moments. Pray for the Spirit to enter into our hearts and command our attention to the work he is calling us into. Pray for our team to hear Gods voice and to be overwhelmed with Gods love for us. Pray also for strength and patience today as our bodies are tired and our muscles are sore. Pray for our attitudes as tired bodies and minds can produce sharp responses.
We are grateful for the ability to be a part of what God is doing here in the DR! The team thanks you for your continued support and your prayers for us. Until next time!
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