Today the
team got a morning of rest. The team had
plans for the morning, but God had others!
So we enjoyed some much needed team time. After lunch we returned to the house we were
working on earlier in the week to finish construction. We “assisted” with putting in a concrete
floor. Mostly we mixed some concrete and
carried buckets, although Silvia helped with spreading the concrete. It was a blessing to see the finished product
and see the look on the family’s face seeing their new kitchen come together.
During
construction, Ellie and Rayona stayed behind to make brownies for the men’s
domino tournament. Their oven was
challenging at best, with the temperature not staying consistent and the oven
not being level. After some turning of
pans and about 6 hours of baking, the brownies were successfully brought into
the world. We even made an extra pan to
celebrate Ellie’s belated birthday and surprised her.
After
construction and baking, Lucy, Ellie, TJ and myself had to make a grocery run
to finish some food shopping for gifts.
We enjoyed some chaotic Dominican grocery shopping at the Lilo. We managed to get everything we needed for
the two domino prizes and to bless a third family who had a fire in their
house.
That night
we had the men’s domino tournament. 30
men showed up to play dominos. It was a
good time for everyone, including the Americans who had no idea what was
actually going on. The ladies served
brownies, ice cream and malta. We
affirmed that TJ does not like malta, the rest of us already knew, except for
Lloyd who still enjoys it, please keep that in your prayers. The American men did get to enjoy a short
game of dominos once a table freed up.
The young guys (myself and TJ) managed to beat the seasoned veterans
(Teddy and Tom), by a 99 point lead. Not
to brag.
Everyone had
a late night. The men lived God’s frat
party out, laughed, hung some fans and chords that were probably less than OSHA
approved and laughed some more. The
ladies had a giggle fest prior to turning in fore the night (or so I am told by
Ellie, they where lights out by the time we got in from the tournament).
So that was
today. The trip is slowly coming to an
end, but we have a lot more ground to cover, even if we are burned, tired,
stinky and ravaged by mosquitos. Keep
us, our families and our new Dominican families in your prayers!!!!!
Zac
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