Faith & Flexibility

Praise God we adopted an appropriate motto; Faith, Teamwork, and Flexibility. Much has transpired and many plans have changed. The weather is quite warm by the winter standards of those residing in the Northern latitudes. Despite the high humidity it's been "cool" here for this time of year which has been a real blessing for the team thus far. We changed locations for our accommodations before the bulk of the team arrived yesterday and have likewise changed transportation plans several times already. Flexibility has been an essential and key component! The team is working well together and our in-country coordinator for Maranatha has been a tremendous blessing in assisting our team in getting off the ground. The community where we are staying have been doing a lot of double and triple takes as they are not accustomed to seeing 'gringos'. The less inhibited, ususally children and youth, have come near and up to various team members just to hear our "strange" language; they are quite intrigued. The local church members have graciously welcomed us and are assiting in numerous ways. Today was the first day of construction and we successfully erected the One-Day Church. Tomorrow morning we will set the "corner stone" and begin laying the block. In the interim we are again putting our flexibility to the test as we await the arrival of one team member who has been delayed for two days due to aircraft mechanical issues and had her flight turned back yet again this evening. With the Lord's protection and blessing our group will all be united in the early hours of the new year! Blessing to all.