StMarksHuntersville

Gifts & Fiesta

2008-07-28T18:38:00.000-07:00

While Rev. Sarah, Mike and Amy presented gifts from St. Mark's; Pedro, Roger and Omar arranged for a Mariachi Band to send us of in style. The prescence of joy and faith was felt by everyone.

2008-07-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

2008-07-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

Although we lost internet access during the middle of the week we continued to do great work. 3/4's of the group worked @ Santa Cruz in Guacimo and the rest @ San Lucas in Germania. We completed our work mid-afternoon on Thursday and celebrated with the congregation.

2008-07-22T20:27:00.000-07:00

And the day had begun with Rev. Sarah giving us a prayful start and meeting a new friend.

2008-07-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

With the Mission Team returning from a good day's work and effort, Rev. Sarah treated them to Costa Rican Ice Cream at Pop's which was thouroughly enjoyed by all.

2008-07-22T20:10:00.001-07:00

Jean-Claude and Philip began tiling the kitchen at St. Lucas while Liz, Tracy, Hartley and Jane continued to paint.

2008-07-22T19:57:00.000-07:00

2008-07-22T06:39:00.000-07:00

On site @ St. Lucas in Germania Jean Claude, Liz, Jane, Hartley, Tracy and Philip are joined by some of the congregation painting and tiling. They were treated to Aqua de Coconut as a special treat.

2008-07-21T20:43:00.003-07:00

Left is Kelly smoothing out the concrete for the sidewalk. Below Greg and Amy are making sure it is level.

2008-07-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

Mixing concrete on the floor was a new experience for us all. The group worked very hard and developed quite the system for efficient work.

2008-07-21T20:35:00.000-07:00

Several of the men dug a trench for the new fence. Here Jeff is digging and Scott is fighting with a rock. There were quite a few large rocks and some type of container unearthed by their work. No worries - they got it done!

2008-07-21T20:33:00.000-07:00

With the drawing almost transfered, the wall is starting to take shape. The youth will begin the color paint on Tuesday.

2008-07-21T20:30:00.000-07:00

Daphne began transfering the beautiful drawing done by Evelyn Fisher. This took some calculating and input from several people, but the end result is clearly worth the effort.

2008-07-20T21:03:00.000-07:00

After a long days work, we are headed back to the hotel. The mood was uplifting and spirits were high with the amount of work we accomplished today.

2008-07-20T21:01:00.000-07:00

Amy rolling an outside wall of the church.

2008-07-20T20:59:00.000-07:00

Tracy putting the finishing touches on the window.

2008-07-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

Good work being done by Sarah, Liz and Philip.

2008-07-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

Cindy and Rustin putting a lot of sweat into the moving of the blocks. Rustin, Vince and Jeff kept trying to one-up the other. This was Rustin's 3 block run. Rustin made the last run a 5 blocker!

2008-07-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

After a church service this morning led by Father Pedro of Santa Cruz and a wonderful lunch prepared by the women of the church, we began our work. We painted the outside of the church. We leveled a wall to prepare for new materials and removed an old barbed-wire fence. A daunting task of moving many cinder blocks to the back of the church was also a major task.

2008-07-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of shots of the rainforest. It is rainy season and Saturday presented itself with a pretty typical day - rainy!

2008-07-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

The group waits for Roger and Omar outside the airport. It was starting to rain, but that didn't dampen our spirits!

2008-07-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

Hmmmm.....This is something that should definitely go in my journal.

2008-07-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

Kate and Wes listening for the next security reminder for safe baggage - was that? # 19?

2008-07-20T08:35:00.000-07:00

Is this our bus?

2008-07-19T21:00:00.000-07:00

This is the group before we left.

2008-07-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

Yes Deacon Jane, we've only just begun.