On the field here we get to work directly for God in what we do. You can do this in other occupations, but out here you set aside everything else to concentrate on what wants you to do. The work day starts around six a.m. for the three construction groups and eight a.m. for the one house work group. With a full day of hard manual labor, from lifting 80 lb bags of concrete to watching over the toddlers, it's hard to see how you're impacting the kingdom of God. But in your mind what keeps you going is knowing God's kingdom will be brought to Earth somehow. Working 6-12 with a lunch break then 12:30-2 can be physically and mentally tiring especially working in the muddy, swampy backyard. But you rest well in the afternoon knowing you've done good work. What our project is now is helping Gracie construct four new dorm rooms for future teams out of concrete bricks, so teams can help out with ministry; which is what we thought we'd be doing. But I'm glad God has us here doing this so we're prepared to work hard at any point on this trip o we can be most useful to the people and meet their needs. I'm glad Jesus is my boss because He is someone worth working for. He shows us what to do. And He loves his employees.  And plus there's good retirement benefits.

Random thought of the week:  Whole-chicken-man-bro-night is something great to look forward to. (See the picture in 'Browse Photos'.)