Can you mix cement? Cause I can!

So Thursday and Friday I traveled to San Pedro to meet up with a group of 36 awesome American teenagers (mainly seniors in high school) from Calvary Church in PA to do some serious construction work. I squeezed my way into all their plans, even getting to stay 5 girls to 3 beds (yeah, that was fun, the bedroom became just a bed with a walkway). Basically, air-conditioning, amazing food and instant friendships. What an incredible blessing! I hadnt realized how much I had really really been missing having friends, connecting with people and especially praising God with people (havent been able to connect that way in El Seibo).

So the days were spent mixing cement and I learned why in the states we use cement mixers... it's really hard work! You have to mix the sand and cement when its dry, then add water and mix again, then transport it in buckets to the dirt floor, then start all over again. Luckily there were a lot of us (at times too many) to take shifts. Plus the boys were pure work-horses. (We may be equal, but we are not the same- I can NOT shovel like they can).

I cried when they all left to go to the airport. Probably less for missing them and more for wanting to be the one leaving. Little did I know...
(for pics, check out facebook until I post some)