San Quintin Day 3

Monday July 27 started out bright and early with a pile of lumber, some hammers, and a circular saw. We arrived around 9:00 and Vicky, the mother of the family we built the house for, was there to meet us along with a couple of the children. The boy in the picture is Jose and he was very helpful all week pounding nails and helping us build his house.

Things went quite quickly, visually speaking, the first day as we completed the framing and panelling of the outer walls and lifted them into position. The fellow in the blue shirt and cowboy hat on the far right at the back is Kit. He was the Stoney Creek employee who guided us in the building and ensured that all the boards were cut to the right length and put together to form a house and not a wood collage.

After we had the walls nailed up in position we called it a day and dropped by their church on the way home. This is the same church where BAC's 2008 team did ESL. Shaun was able to see the pastor again and show us the church where their team had held the ESL program. We made plans to return on Thursday evening for their praise and prayer night. We learned our first Spanish blessing: Dios les Bendiga which means "God Bless You." When we arrived back at the campground we realised that our harsh farmer's tans were actually just dirt! It is very dusty in the Baja and standing outside all day we became filthy.