Today has started off very well. Work has begun and the steel framework of our project is about a fourth of the way up. Its taken a bit of work to figure out both the how and what, but now that we're in the know, everything is a go. The "skilled" laborers are on the framing, the rest of us carried sheetrock up the mountain. Its going to take a while to get over the burn of that!

Our Colombian friends greeted us last night with fresh coffee and homemade chicken soup....at 11 pm. We had a huge breakfast of eggs and arepas this morning, and we just ate a huge lunch of ajiaco soup with rice, salad, chicken legs and lolo juice. How on earth are we supposed to work in these conditions?

On a side note, upon our arrival to the camp, even in the dark we could tell alot of work had been here. Since our first trip, presbyterial interest in the camp has really grown. Itis not out of the ordinary for several people a week to come up and use or work on a project here. God has been using our previous trips in ways we never knew or planned for.

As you pray for us, please pray for our health as some of the guys are dealing with colds and exhaustion. Pray that we might be good witnesses and faithful servants. Pray for our families back home as they try to function without us. And finally, pray for each of the men on our team...jake, albert, jon, patrick, fred, freddy, reese, bill, julian, allan & myself. Our greatest hope is to return home better men. That we might be the leaders in our homes, our work and our churches that God desires us to be.
Be blessed
Jeff