Get a load of this: We're working our tails off at the Seminary with four different projects. One group is building a small exterior wall with a door. These guys are quite happy because it involves power tools which is normal at home but quite rare for a VIM trip. The "senior-most" group is stripping. Now, before you form a mental picture--let me clarify they're stripping wood doors and baseboards. Some of us are painting the dining room and kitchen (in between the student's breakfast, lunch, AND dinner). And the fourth group, bless their hearts, have gutted a defunct bathroom and are ready to rebuild. The only teensy-weensy problem is there is no plumbing. No pipe-os.
But that's not the best part. We did Mission Bible School last night with 60 kids. No problemo. We went back to the same location tonight and the number of kids had doubled. We arrived with only 90 sandwiches so our fearless leaders ran to the corner store for provisions, and quickly made more sandwiches. By the time we distributed the food, the number of kids had grown even more! It was like the fish and the loaves, except it was the humans who were multiplying (not the food). We had a gazillion kids taking up every square inch of space with paint squirting everywhere. It was holy chaos! Then they kept coming up to us, one after another with big, chocalatey-brown eyes, and shy smiles eager to show their artwork."It's worth it," we kept mumbling to ourselves as our eyes glazed over.
Don Hubbs wants me to mention his killer performance as "Pablo" the parrot. And Richard Murphy wants me to mention they're installing a door "AND A WINDOW." My paint-be-speckled daughter wants me to mention that ALL the kids were trying to carry on conversations with she and her sister "IN SPANISH!"
I know, I know--you wish you were here. We do too. Pray for us!
Thanks,
Stephanie Hurd
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