Everyone seems to be well now. They are not eating very much but I am making sure they drink. Today the Homewood group (minus Alex and Catherine Aust) went to build a house with the DF group. Our own Lindsey Voelker was the crew leader and she did a great job! We had a tough time getting the posts set but once we did it all went pretty smoothly. The house was for a man named Carlos. It is hard to believe that today was our last work day here. In some ways it feels like we have been gone forever but at the same time, it has flown by. The group from Almeda Church in Norman, Oklahoma has really bonded with all of us. They are so nice and fun. Two of them are my roommates and we act like a bunch of kids even though the youngest one is 30. We even talked today that the Homewood group needs to road trip to Norman to visit. I have really made some great friends and so have the kids. We have all shared so much and it is so cool to be in this environment with total strangers but have the common bond of the love of Christ. Today when we were leaving Ellen came and asked me if she could give her shoes to a little boy who had attached himself to her all day. I told her of course she could. She tried to give them to him and he wouldn't take them but then we told him he could give them to his mother and he immediately took them. Once we got on the bus a few of us handed our shoes off the front of the bus via Pedro (the night guard at Villa Gracia). Yesterday I came to the room and tried to pack up some things and organize my suitcase and I got everything I could find and took it in a bag to the ladies in the laundry. You just feel so guilty for having anything or wasting anything. I was cleaning up the worksite today and there were a bunch of empty Gatorade bottles. I was looking for a place to put them and some of the women watching us asked if they could have them. These people will use or sell anything they can to take care of their families. Tomorrow we go to Los Pinos to church and then back here to start packing. We go to El Patio tomorrow night for a banquet and then leave early Monday am for La Ceiba for our decompression time. God is so awesome and faithful...praise his holy name.

running on faith,
Lee