Wednesday, July 2

Currently, we don´t have a way to download pictures, but we have had a very exciting and full day.

In the morning, we formed 2 teams. Chuck and Frank went to work on Martin/Gloria´s workshop with Vanesa. Gray, Chad, Tyler and Richard began to work on Jader´s house with Piqui.

The work on Jader´s house went very quickly. During a quick debrief the night before, Tyler pointed out that Jader was probably doing more work than he needed to be doing. So, we pushed it today. If he said he was going to do something (i.e. create forms for concrete), we offered to do that for him. This enabled Jader to do other things that we couldn´t, such as buy materials. It was quite a productive day. After praying with Jader, he was very appreciative for the help and said that it would have taken 2-3 months to accomplish what was done in the last 2-3 days. He had been getting home from work (he is a mechanic) at 8:00 and working on his house until 11 or 12 at night. It is nice when the Lord encourages us for the work that he is doing.

On the other worksite, there was another great story. Martin is a very quiet, "close-to-the-vest" type of person. Reinaldo told us this before beginning the project, and, though he has been extremely nice, this was noticeable. This morning, he completely opened up to Frank. This was actually a direct answer to prayer for Frank. At one point, Martin said that he was very moved by us coming such a long distance to help. In the end, he said that the work was appreciated, but that the talk that he, Frank, Chuck and Vanesa had touched him so much more deeply than anything else. Your prayers are being answered. Praise God! And, please continue to pray for this family.

After the projects, we went to a prayer meeting where we were reminded that prayers of intercession are really need for our church leaders - not just ourselves. We were extremely touched when Lorena left us a letter saying that she was very moved and encouraged by the time that we had spent together this week.

We had a fun ride to Chascomus, and ate empanadas in the church at Chascomus. We ended in prayer and song. Moises, who has an amazing voice, chose "Open the Eyes of my Heart" so that the Argentineans and Americans could sing each in their own language.

Tomorrow we begin to paint the church and do a couple of other fix-ups. Please continue to pray for the Iron Bridge Community, Adrian/Diana, Jader/Andrea (Andrea is Moises´ sister), and Martin/Gloria. But, please also continue to pray that God is glorified through this trip.

Now, to the shower!