After devotions we set out into the village. The village we are working in is actually rather unique. All of the houses that we are building this week are for the people who make their living off from scavenging the El Tejar city dump (not to be confused with the big Guatemala City dump). The El Tejar city dump is right here in the same city we are staying in and the houses we are building are only about 15-20 minutes away from the mission house. The people who make their living off from the dump scavenge through the days trash for anything of any value making only about $5-6 American dollars a day. For those of you who know Lazero, the El Tejar dump has been a big mission for him personally for the past few years. These family's are so grateful for what we are doing and it is very exciting to see how much of a difference we can make with a 12'x12' steel and lumber house.
Today we finished framing 6 of the 12 houses we have to do this week. These 6 still need fronts and concrete but we are still way further than we thought we would be.
The kids in the village are great, very respectful and friendly. We did not have VBS today but that will start tomorrow and judging by the amount of kids we saw today I think it will be a very good turn out.
Everyone is all back to good health for the most part but we can always use your prayers to keep this bug from spreading (for those of you who read yesterdays).
Todays Prayer Requests:
Donna Westhouse got a phone call tonight that her sister is now in the hospital with pneumonia and is very ill . They are looking into options if antibiotics do not work. Praying for the antibiotics to work and for complete healing for her sister Linda. Also prayers for the family and that Donna has peace to still lead the team with the amazing organization and calmness that she always has.
Many thanks from all of us here!
Blessings
-Emily Westhouse
If you did not read yesterdays blog:
Prayer Requests would just be for good health for the group for the rest of the week. Its been a rough start with 2 people getting the flu and a few coming down here with some pretty nasty colds. We are taking extra precautions with hand sanitizers and Lysol sprays to keep the germs away but we know your prayers are the best kind of flu preventative.
We also arrived at the mission house to find out that they have disconnected the landline here so if you have any emergency information that you need to get to the team down here Donna Westhouse has an international plan on her cell phone and you can reach her by calling the phone number below.
(616) 277-6315
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