San Quintin Day 6

On Thursday, July 30 we were back at the house in the morning and worked all day. The roof was completed and Jeff is putting on some tar in this picture. We wanted to make sure that it was well sealed on the edges and seams to ensure that the wind does not get in at a later date and lift the roof off. The wind can blow quite strongly there, and does so on a daily basis.

We also put the windows in on Thursday. This was quite easy because Kit just cut some holes in the walls and then popped the windows in. We had picked them up the day before along with four mattresses to give the families for the bunk beds we would be making. The painting also began on Thursday although we wouldn't finish until Friday. Vicky chose light green as the colour, so that's what we did along with white trim. Some of the painters seem to have gotten as much paint on themselves as on the house and our little amigos also pitched in. I wasn't feeling very well on Wednesday evening, having thrown up on three occasions so I took it easy on Thursday and worked inside installing panelling and building a bunk bed. Here is the finished product. There will be two kids on the bottom on a double mattress and one on the top on a single mattress. This way the three daughters can share one bedroom and the three sons another.

I ate breakfast on Thursday and felt ok but threw up again about 11:00am so I skipped lunch and although we went out for tacos and hotdogs for supper I only had a few bites of my wife's food. All would be well by Friday morning, although the bug would show up again on Saturday at the other end.

On Thursday evening we went to the church again for their praise and prayer evening. There was no translator so we had to muddle our way through. Marianne's Spanish really developed over the week and she was able to help us. The pastor preached a short sermon and then they had a time of prayer. Three folks were anointed with oil and a young boy scheduled for an operation was also prayed for. The highlight of the evening for us was when they called our team to the front and the church folks came up and laid hands on us and prayed for us. Although we couldn't understand most of what they were saying we understood that Holy Spirit was in our midst and we were communing together in Christ. We were all touched by the service and the unity among believers from different countries and languages. Dios les Bendiga!