News from the Jobsite

We are having such a great time! The men have been working so hard the last couple days. Please keep praying for the project. We encountered several obstacles the first couple days which have put us a little behind. The local people want to see this happen as badly as we do and they are doing everything they can to help us overcome the problems.

The team has done an amzing job of not only bonding with each other, but bonding with the locals here. There is a lot of mutual respect between the teams. We have visited a couple homesteads already and were able to go back to one homestead today and make several repairs to a couple structures. The guys tied down some of the roofing and dug a ditch to help divert some rainwater away from the main house. The people there were SO appreciative - one Gogo (grandmother) and eighteen small children.

We attended two services Sunday, the 8:00 service at Kevin's church and the 10:30 service at Hawane. The Holy Sprirt was so alive at both places! After lunch the whole team walked up to the jobsite and prayed over the site and asked forgiveness for being a little anxious and maybe wanting to see this happen very quickly. We maybe did not take enough time to stop and assess the situation prior to jumping in. I believe now that we have given this whole project back to the Lord and we are in good shape. Please continue to pray against the enemy and that we may rely 100% on God to build this church.

The men are already talking about how excited they are to share what they are experiencing and how we can "bottle" some of this and bring it home so that everyone can feel what we are feeling....not just the devastation and emotion, but mostly how the Holy Sprirt is working through this place! You should see some of these guys bouncing around and waving thier arms in worship of our Lord.

Give everyone our best and praise God for all that is happening here!!!!!!!!

Many blessings,
Heidi and the team