This morning I went out with the team to a colonia called Las Granjas. Here we worked on a home for Clara & her family. We mixed concrete and poured the floor today. It brought back great memories of my previous trips to Mexico with my youth group. Making "volcanoes" on the ground and mixing the concrete by hand. Pushing wheelbarrows upon wheelbarrows sloshing full of concrete. Great messy fun!

The team worked all last week to build this house from the ground up and it's great to have it one more step towards completion. They were also able to give Clara some solar lights for her home, as there is no electricity there. She was very excited about the lights. Tomorrow the windows will go in and that should complete the home.

After the work was done today, we had a great time playing with the neighborhood kids. I made 2 friends named Nancy, age 11 and Eilene, age 10. Eilene (pictured here) has lots to talk about, only about 10% of which I can understand…but that doesn't seem to bother her. Nancy apparently thinks it's very funny to watch me make tortillas as she giggled the entire time.

Clara made us a feast for lunch consisting of homemade flour tortillas, refried beans, and an egg/potato mixture. Several of us helped rolling out the tortillas…perhaps we were more of a hindrance than a help, but Clara seemed entertained by us. She talked a few of the team members into eating these tiny peppers that were apparently pretty kickin. That was so funny that kids came from all around to watch the gringos eat the hot peppers.  :)

I've had a great time with the team and leaders so far. It's fun getting to know the team and reconnecting with the 2 leaders. I look forward to many more fun days with everyone here.

Thanks for all your prayers and comments here. You are all such an encouragement to me!
Adios until next time!

I was planning on posting more pictures here, but the internet connection is making it difficult.  Check back later for more pics.  We'll hope for a better connection another day.