I'm Taking It Home and Getting a Patent

Wow! I can not believe we are already 4 days into the trip! It truly feels as though we just landed and yet we are about a fifth of the way through the Honduras part of the trip.

Today was the final day for our smaller team. In the afternoon Terry and a few others picked up the 30 new team members from the airport! With the new team brings amazing new attitudes, new friends, and the disappearance of our 9:30 bed time that we have had the last few days, haha!

At devo this morning Ken Habb talked about why he believes we come back year after year. He spoke about how amazing it is when we are here all in the same mindset. We are in a place where it is easy to be the people God created us to be because we are surrounded by similar hearts. We are all here striving to be the people God created us to be.

Connor the youngest team member this year! 

He is ready for his rookie year in Honduras!

The girls from the Kittanning group at the airport!

Jenny, Dan, and Holly 

As the large group made their way to Honduras our small advance team worked hard to get some things done. We had a group of about 20 goto the hospital and the remaining 12 or so people went up to the La Tigre rainforest to build a house. 

Some how we have managed to catch a ride to the build site the last two days!

Hopefully the rookies don't get use to this, I feel sure there will be a hike soon.

The lady and daughter that we build for today.

 Caleb and I have become partners at digging post holes the past two days.

Poor guy doesn't realize I almost always pick the most difficult hole to dig.

A nice panorama of the build site yesterday. 

La Tigre is a beautiful place for building! We were blessed with shade all day as we built.

Putting up the final wall.

Sometimes I have trouble reaching things but I always make it work.

The finished product.

When a house is completed we always use a broom to sweep out all the sawdust that is in the house. However sometimes things are forgotten; today we forgot the broom. The good news is we had Tricky and his mind on our side. When we realized we forgot a broom he was quick to get to work on making a new broom for us to use. 

Robin there is no excuse for him not to do his house work. 

He swept out the entire house. 

Our broom was made out of a piece of wood, electrical tape, and two work gloves. 

As we were leaving the work site Tricky said to be sure we take the broom so that he can get himself a patent on it when we get home. 

The family we build for and Patty.

The first devo as a large group, bring on the singing!

Today's plan is another house build in La Tigre, a classroom build in Diamante, and another hospital visit. Check back tomorrow to hear how the day goes! Thank you all for everything you do back home!