I'm posting a little later today so some of you might have thought I forgot. But let me begin my update from last night.

We went to the Richmond Church for service. This time we traveled in one van and 2 cars. Yes, all 23 of us. Richmond is way up a hill and the van had to park at the bottom. That means a hard walk up a steep hill just to get to the church.

When we got there the singing was in full swing. It was high, high energy and I think we found the song that we will be bringing back to ZUB from this trip. After several songs they turned it over to us and we sang a few songs with the worship team. Then Kristi took over with her clowning and was a huge hit again. After she was done the quartet sang a couple of songs and then we finished with a few more from the worship team.

The major obstacle was the keyboard. Only a few of the keys worked and so Sharon gave up on it and joined the singers. We are off tonight but will participate in the watchnight service tomorrow night at another church. I think they have a better keyboard so we should be good to go.

We started this morning off with another great breakfast of scabbled eggs and fried plantian. Thank God for Francis. We got to the work site between 9-9:30 and everyone kind of drifted off to their various jobs. We also got some paint and several people painted a new addition to the church.

Others went back to rendering (plastering) the walls. This involves getting some mortar on a trowel and flinging it at the wall. The hope is that some of it will stick. They keep doing this until they get it to the right thickness. It is quite hilarious watching first timers giving it a try. They finish it off with a smooth coat and it turns out quite well.

The other main task today was pouring a binding on top of the block walls. They put forms on top of the walls and then put reinforcing iron in it. After that we fill the whole thing with concrete. It is probably between 12" high so it takes a lot of cement. We got it done by having some guys mixing the concrete on the ground floor. A huge task! Then we used a bucket brigade to get it up to the second floor where it is needed. Everyone is tired tonight.

The women of the church cooked us another fantastic lunch and we had a great supper when we came back. Thank God for Francis!

The weather was a little warmer today but there was still a nice breeze and it is very comfortable.

We also received some sad news today in that Jason's grandfather passed away on Monday.

Thank you for all your prayers. Please keep praying for us and especially for Jason.