The Sun Appeared

Another day and more mud, but today the sun came to visit.  What a great day we had.  We were privileged this morning to meet one of the owners of the house we are renovating.  Merilee told us how much she appreciated what we and other volunteers are doing for her and her two elderly dogs.  Merilee co-owns the house with her sister and they continue to live in the house even when it is a construction site.  When the flood occurred, the water came down the hill so fast that they could not bail out fast enough.  The hydrostatic pressure against one of the load bearing foundation walls caused it to fail.  She spent her life savings rebuilding the wall with nothing left for all of the other work.  Her faith is strong and she listened to God's message to her about how to proceed.  A colleague where she works, showed her the passage in Ezra where God tells the Israelites that people will come to rebuild.  Her demonstration of faith was inspirational to all of us as we listened to her story.  This in a capsule is why we all receive so much more than we give on a mission trip.

We have had a mystery guest working with us.  Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog to learn more about this mystery guest.