Day 4 - Time to Build...

It's day four of our incredible African journey, and a day of many firsts for us. Our day started out being woken up to our first thunderstorm here. It was pouring rain, and still dark out as we all started to prepare ourselves for the long day ahead.

We're ready to work!

It was our very first working/building day. Although it was raining and cold outside, we were all so excited to begin the project that we all have been anticipating and praying for for many months. As we drove into the city very early and watched what was happening around us, the thing that came to mind was the Proverbs 31 woman. It amazed me to see so many women who even though it was muddy, raining, and cold still lived such selfless lives. These women were out walking their children to school, and even out fetching their family’s food and water. These women are such strong examples to us and show great humility.

And the bricks kept on coming...

We drove about 45-50 minutes into the village of Suubi where we would be participating in the construction of a Watoto classroom. As we pulled up to the construction site, we knew that there was a lot of work to be done. It was basically a cement floor, and some corners that had been built up. The sides were left up to us to build. We didn’t waist any time at all, and got to work right away. One thing that I would say about our group is we are a bunch of very tough and mighty women. We worked for 3 hours in the cold wet weather, and then another 3 hours in the sun laying cement and stacking bricks layer after layer. We were all having such a great time working and encouraging one another. It’s so awesome knowing this building will not only have an impact on the children of Watoto, but will be such an accomplishment for us as a team.

Our day was long but so well spent. We started heading back to the guesthouse around 4:00. We were all very exhausted as most of us slept on the 45 minute ride back. We will all definitely be sleeping well tonight, but so looking forward to continuing our work tomorrow...

- By Jenelle

Me (Jenelle - pictured left) with Suzanne and Danielle...

Some of the team with Moses, the Foreman on the job!!!

End of building day one...