Day 2 ~ Build Day #1

We're not wasting any time here in Honduras. Today was our first build day. The Nashville School in The Valle de Angeles was in need of some classrooms. That was our single job for the day. The project was one 16x16 room for the kindergarteners. The other was 32x16 for the high school students. It was huge undertaking and a learning experience for many of our team that have never had the chance to build a Honduran house. It didn't come easily however. The day was long (8 a.m to 8 p.m.), and wasn't without incident. Although he's fine now, a hammer fell from a roof beam onto Luke Davis' head. He has a pretty nasty cut and did pass out but his mom is taking good care of him. :-) A pretty huge storm came through as clean up was beginning. The job is almost finished. Just a few finishing touches.
The kids were amazing here. There were about 200 students there for their last day of school. We took the popcorn maker and the cotton candy machine. This is a bilingual school and the kids are encouraged to use their English with us. They were very mannerly and were so thankful and excited to get some gifts and some time to play with our team. Tomorrow, when I can track down the right cords, I'll post some pictures of them.
We knew going into today that building these rooms would benefit the children for years to come. We were aware that the director of the school, Miss Valerie, would be so grateful. What we didn't expect was how showing up would affect, Cesar. Cesar is one of the owners of the school. He was aware that we were coming but had forgotten. When he pulled up to the school, he was stunned at how many of us there were. He was humbled and embarrassed by the fact that he had nothing to offer all these people. He didn't have food or money to offer our team. He was told that there was NO expectation from us at all. We were doing it because we love our God and want to help the school that helps so many. Cesar, who apparently shows little to no emotion, broke down in tears. He asked, "what would make someone care enough to come out here and do this without pay?" Miss Valerie shared Jesus with Cesar today.
Please keep a couple of specific things in your prayers for us. Obviously, Luke's head. We want him to heal quickly and not have any trouble with it tomorrow. Also, my 11 year old, Lane, came down with strep throat yesterday as we were landing in Tegucigalpa. He is quite sick. We stayed home all day today. He really wants to work alongside the rest of our team. Please ask God to heal him quickly, too.
Thank you!
Goodnight!