Concreting, football and food.

Hey everyone. So.. whats been going on...

On Monday a big truck came along with a huge mound of sand which it dumped in the middle of the street in a huge mound. We had to wheelbarrow it inside which took ages and was very tiring. When we had just finished taking it all inside the same truck arrived with another huge pile of gravel. Same drill ' they dumped it in the middle of the road and we barrowed it in. That was much harder though cos it was really difficult to get a spade full of the gravel because the bits of rock were actually quite big... That took up most of the day but we also managed to attach the pila (big concrete water tank) to the pipework that we had put down (we are now pretty good plumbers). It was incredibly hard moving it and when we finally got it into place we realised that one of the pipes it had to attach to was about half an inch out of place. There is a guy called Alan who has been helping us out on the building site since we started who is an absolute legend. He thought about it for about half a second and then proceeded to light a fire in the middle of the building site. He then partially melted a piece of pipe and made a kink in it so that the pipework was all correct. It was crazy but amazing.

Today people actually started the concreting but i was on domestic (doing the cooking, cleaning and planning that days bible study) so i didnt get to do any concreting today but there is plenty more to do so im looking forward to that tomorrow. Scariest moment of the week was on the building site on Monday. We had to move a pillar slightly (which was actually the supporting pillar for the roof) so 2 people held onto it and i hacked away at the concrete at the bottom with a pickaxe. When i got through the people holding it realised how heavy it was and it dropped down 5 inches so the roof shifted a fair amount! Luckily it didnt collapse and we managed to lift it up onto a couple of bricks to secure it again.. Definately got the adrenaline pumping though..

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week we were at the school in the mornings teaching a lesson to 11 classes. We were teaching the story of when God chooses David to be King which was great fun. We did a drama and the kids loved it. I was the oldest son who was big and strong and i made them all laugh with my antics. We then sang light of the world to them. On Wednesday Guy (our musician) was on domestic so i ended up playing guitar for them which was actually quite fun. I enjoyed and it didnt sound too bad which is also good! Wednesday afternoon we were at the kids club playing sports with them (they cant do what they usually do because where they usually meet is our building site at the moment!!). It was so much fun, they are all full of energy. There was one little girl who was about 5 or so called Anita (or something similar) who was incredibly cute. I picked her up once and she didnt let me put her down afterwards. Whenever i tried she would keep her hands tight around my neck or just grab onto my legs. And she kept on stealing my glasses aswell! The kids are all adorable and we all think its going to be quite hard leaving them all!

After Church last Sunday we were invited back to Pastor Victor´s house for a BBQ. Wow. I dont thyink i have eaten so much meat before (which is quite something) and there was still so much left over.! There was loads of the most amazing spiced beef steaks which were beyond words, chicken (obviously because they always have chicken), pork and then another meat that i wasn´t sure what it was. I tried a bit and it was absolutely revolting. I then found out that it was cows liver. Absolutely disgusting but still ate a bit.. What an amzing lunch though! Wenesday morning Lucy (the most amazing cook) made us cinnamon buns for breakfast which were absolutely amazing. I dont think there is a better way to start the day.

After the Pastors lunch on Sunday the lads went with Hector (the son of the woman whos house we are living in) to the Church to play street football with the Hondurans. It was absolutely amazing. There was about 20 npeople there and we played 3 a side winner stays on. It was so fast paced because it was such a small pitch and it was swealteringly hot. We `played for about 3 hours and sweated enough to fill a swimming pool. The Hondurans have such amazing stamina that eventually they beat us. They were running constantly, but for the first 5 games we won quite comfortably. After that though we just couldnñt run and they beat us. It then carried on with us beating them until they got too tired and started beating us... It was fantastic though and was really good to get to know a different crowd of kids. Whenever we are walking anywhere we always end up walking past some kids that know us and say hi which is great.

The spanish is improving lots day by day which is a great relief. I can just about hold a conversation but can understand alot more than i can actually say which is frustrating. People on the team are starting to get a bit ill with stomach problems which was expected but is still not good so please pray for that.

Anyway, i must go now but will blog again sometime soonish.

Hope your all well.

Joel