Hello from Jay

Hello everyone!

Things are going very well here in sunny Monterrey. We've finished our second long (and exhausting) day of work. The work is taking place at three main locations -- here at the Gilgal church at the small daughter church in the Bosques neighborhood, or at the Revolucion Victoria soup kitchen in the Revolucion neighborhood. On Friday, we also plan to travel up into the mountains to the small daughter church at Tejocote.

On Monday, all the girls spent their time here at the Gilgal church helping Miros prepare for the multiple upcoming VBS weeks. The guys travelled to Bosques for the day to help lay a new concrete roof. It was hot and exhausting, but we all survived and the roof was completed, a terrific accomplishment. We'll be standing under that new roof at a church service on Wednesday night. Among other things, Josh Govier will be preaching his first ever sermon.

On Tuesday (today), we split into three teams -- one team here at Gilgal again (doing unbelievable work on some huge story/verse murals); a second team traveled to Bosques to help stucco the outer walls of the church; and a third team at the Revolucion soup kitchen to break up a large (20x12) concrete patio to prep it for paving stones. We hope to get that done tomorrow or Thursday. Another huge day for all three teams.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) most of the team will be at Revolucion for stucco work and the patio work. We could use your prayers to get these things DONE.

OK, a few personal notes. Jannah and Helen are staying at the home of a church family while the other 9 girls are squeezed into the upstairs bedroom at Ramon and Miros' house. The guys are all in the basement of the church with a droning roar of fans all around us to keep the air moving. It's not bad actually. The showers are chilly which actually feels very good after a long hot day. We gather each morning for breakfast and a meeting with each person sharing a devotion in turn. We close with some 2x2 prayer time before heading to the job sites. We eat a wonderful lunch at the church or at the job site (prepared lovingly by Miros). Dinner is at the church again prepared by a few ladies of the church (different each night so far). Terrific humble ladies are taking care of us.

Signing off with love to everyone (especially my family!)
Jay