Where You Go I Go: A Victory!

So...to be honest I was too busy to take pictures...but thanks to Julie Mowery, future Back2Back Cancun staff along with her husband, Erick and son, Nick....I am able to give you a few visuals from the day.

We were few workers, but we came ready to give it our all. I honestly have to testify to that fact that God made everything run so smoothly! What sticks out to me the most? Well, first let's just mention that I was already injured. I don't know what I had done, but I had to wrap my wrist in a bandage, and had little to no use of my left arm/wrist/hand for the most of an entire week (more to come on that in a future blog).

God showed up in all of His glory. Even though we were in the midst of "jungle", God kept the temperature down, the breezes coming, and the cloud cover protecting us nearly 95% of the time we were working.

God impressed upon the neighbors to help in different ways. One neighbor lent us their water pump, another some barrels and buckets to move our water in, and yet another a Jacuzzi. Yes, you read right, an empty Jacuzzi shell where we pumped water into from a well in the ground to have a constant supply.

God sent in reinforcements, and I think whenever we needed them most. The neighbor who lent us the Jacuzzi, also jumped in and helped, even though he had just gotten home from working where he works the whole night through. Then in a later moment, a car comes tearing around the corner, and quickly veers over the the side of the road in front of where we were working. For a moment I thought it was just curious neighbors coming to watch the gringos working...but it was more reinforcements - this time the pastor of Enrique the mason, and his son. As it turns out they have been doing outreach in the neighborhood where we are working on this house - and there may be some opportunities for us to stand back to back with them in their ministry as well. I just love watching God connect the dots.

So, as with any concrete pour, the most glorious moment is when you actually shut off the mixer. It's just this amazing silence signifying that the work is done. To me it is the sound of victory. Like a battle is over. And this concrete pour, this project, the partnership with this family, this day....was a victory indeed!