Greetings from the Belizian Loggers!!
Weather: The weather has been great most days, Tuesday and Wednesday we had rain. Tuesday the skies opened up and let it pour down, by the end of the day, all were wet and muddy!
Students: All are doing well, with I believe seven people now victims of chechem (the poison tree). Jillian got the worst of it, but is now improving. One day she was down and out (with help of Benadryl) just to keep from scratching, and to help her sleep. They are still hard at work and their attitudes are great. The stump removal aspect has slowed down a bit, as they are working on some large ones. Most cutting and clearing has been done, both on the campus and in the Boot Camp area. They have also been working on the fence. By the end of the week, most, if not all, the fence will be repaired. The repair has been a bit slower than anticipated. A crew has been pouring concrete at the fence as well. Most of that should be done, but doesn't look like we'll get it all done. Shannon has been working with a crew on the turbine. Wedensday the turbine crew began to put the pipe together and attach cables and making adjustment. The 40' pole bends at about the 30' area, so there some things to work out in order to get the winch to successfully pull it up. Lots of trees have been cut up and brush piled. Things are looking great and Bill is happy with the work that has been accomplished. I (Mike) have worked on replacing the damaged roof, putting up the siding on the end of the dining room and making a door for a tool storage area. I asked the students tonight how many were ready for Publix manna......Matty K. has been joining us for evening group devos and he raised both hands and said, "Oh yeah, I am ready for it!" Seems the students are hooked on Cindy's manna. The students enjoy being here with Bill and Cindy and learning from them as well.
Sight Seeing: We had planned on Wednesday to go for sight seeing but with rain in the forecast we held off for Thursday. A few wanted to go to the Mayan ruins via boat. The rest of us opted for the cheaper tour.
Church: Sunday morning the students shared a presentation and Dan Martin preached the Word at a Mennonite church. Sunday evening the students shared their presentaion again at Ben's church. We were able to see the work the 2004 [team] accomplished in their conctete work. The church building is coming along, but needs more work for its completion.
Thanks again for allowing us the opportunity.