Day 4

Rain..Rain.. And more rain today. No one stayed dry today. Everyone had wet pant legs up to their calves from the water wicking up. Not a whole lot to report today. We started a few new projects for other clients of Hope City and continued trying to get work done around home base here to make life easier for the people that call Hope City home and future teams that make the trip down here.

Today I ventured into framing with Johnathan and Jed, who is a young guy that came last spring and again in June and hasn't left. So, he's here on staff helping out. Great story, great artist, great guy. I've never framed before and was eager to give it a shot this morning. Our goal was to finish a second level in one of the Sprung Huts which houses lumber and other supplies here at camp to create more space. This hut has a large door which needed to be open in order to work and it just happened to face the blowing rain which kept us cold and wet. The hut is also crammed pull of stuff and there is nowhere to work and everything has to be moved in order to work in any given spot. We did a lot of shuffling. It's was a very trying day today for me. Totally out of my element, nowhere to work, trying to stay dry, etc. I found myself ready to give up after about a half hour and very frustrated with everything in which made me overwhelmed.




























After everyone made it back to camp, it seemed to be the feeling held by most everyone. Cold, wet, dirty, crummy jobs, bugs, uhhh. It was very testing for everyone. We shook that off tonight by heading to the infamous Shed BBQ joint which truly does make some great BBQ and is a shed. With stomachs full and pant legs still wet, we relax tonight and look forward to tomorrow. Most of us will work all day, get cleaned up, and hit the road tomorrow evening. Please pray for us as we hit the road home tired.