We started out our morning with a great breakfast, followed by some worship
and a short Bible study. I (Chris) shared from Psalm 105:4 - seeking the
presence of God continually. I read this verse Sunday morning before church
after having a vivid dream in which God spoke clearly to me the sentance,
"I want to spend more time with you.". It was great to hear an immediate
response from one of the members of Mana church, David, who joined us for
prayer and worship - he said he need such an encouragment for his busy day.
We also had a bit of a busy day. We arrived in Soard at around 11 after
some last-minute errands and went over to one mans house to pick up a table
saw. Now this was no ordinary table saw - it was a homemade, hand welded,
nearly 500 pound monstrosity of a machine. Wait til you see the pictures!
Thankfully he also helped operate it as it was a pretty intimidating.
After four solid hours of work we managed to strip down all the rough cut
2X10 and 2X14 to pseudo normal 2X4 size and to cut all of the backs and
sides out of the plywood sheets. Our last hour was spent assembling the
sides of two outhouses and preparing the final details for the inside.
Many things were not exactly according to our plans, but God worked it all
out for the best.
At the end of the day we had a wonderful debriefing and time of sharing.
Sadly, after this time we had to say goodbye to Courtney as she had a train
to catch in Bucharest, but we all went to the train station to see her off.
So now it is off to bed to rest up and prepare for day two of our work
week!
2 comments:
Thank you for the exhortation that God wants to spend time with us. I love the description of the skill saw. What would work be like in the pre-Fall, Eden state without the thorns, thistles and the sweat our brow?
We cheering for you and remembering all of you at all times.
Joe
So things didn't go exactly according to plan? As I recall that's what one has to plan for in Ro! We found that out within our first two hours there when Jamie and Jill used a cell phone to light up the car's fuse box... It's along story.
Keeping you in our prayers, Jamie's Dad
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