Sorry for our absence, but our Wi-Fi was down.

You are hearing from Jade, Olivia, and Grace for one last time...

Alright, for the past three days we have built two houses, seen a lot of God sightings, had a great VBS, and earned a lot of gold stars.  The building of the houses went very smoothly.  We all got along and were patient with each other in our small cramped site.  Some of us even conquered our fear of heights.  On Monday, as we were looking for an area for VBS and we came across a guy with a rattle snake, named Jose.  Linda was freaking out because in her devotion we had read earlier that morning.  She said she was afraid of snakes.  We began talking to the kids about VBS, but they didn't understand us.  So they grabbed their dad, Jose.  He spoke perfect English and was even a Christian!  We told him we needed a place to hold VBS and he said we could use his house.  We ventured down a BIG hill to his casa (house).  And guess what?!?  It worked out perfectly!  On Tuesday, we held VBS there.  It was a huge crowd of people.  There were about 100 kids there, but with adults there were about 200.  Seeing how happy the people were with less, moved a lot of people.  It was truly a "YAY GOD" moment as we look back and see how amazing it all went.  The best part was how grateful each and every single one of them was.  The start of Wednesday, we began working on the site to finish it all up.  It was our final working day and we built the railing on the lofts, tarred and shingled the rooves, put up all the trim, and did some touch ups with paint.  We were even able to finish up early due to the cooperation and hard work of our great team.  The owners of the houses made us a delicious, authentic meal, to express their gratitude.  We concluded the night with devotions around the fire.  Padre (Pastor Roger) read us a really touching story about a woman, who lived her life through chapter two of Phillipians.  This morning we are packung our belongings, devotions, and dedicating the houses to their rightful owners.  We are sad to be leaving what seems so soon.  Jade does not want to let go of her favorite Wisconsinites.  All in all it has been an incredible trip with many God sightings, blessings, and growing experiences in faith and as a person.  The group has come to the conclusion that laughter is the best medicine. 

See you all soon!