I mostly worked on the restroom part of the project. We were all so excited to be there and get started that we all failed to get a picture of the bathroom before we started changing things. In this picture, we had already taken the old roof off and added 4 blocks to the height of the walls. We decided that the walls were too flimsy to set the roof on them so we had to put 6 posts in the ground to set the roof on. I think this was the second full day of work. By this time I was getting a little frustrated to be honest. It seemed like everything we did had to be re-done. My frustration wasn't really that we were having to re-do some things, it was the impression that we were giving to the locals that were working with us. I was sure they were thinking, "and those silly Americans thought they were coming over here to help us......yea right". They do things differently over there....and they have to. It took me a little while to figure that concept out. The blocks would crumble if you laid them on the ground too hard, the lumber was rough cut at best and the tools at hand were certainly not DeWalt or Craftsman. I probably just got a little too uptight and should have went with the flow the locals had going on a little more. I kept my frustration to myself (I think) and tried to keep a postive attitude. By the end of the day, I was a little discouraged with the results so far and shared that with Bro. Mike. He told me that while we had gone down to the school to do gametime, that 4 of the guys we had been working with had said they wanted Christ as their savior and were going to be baptized on Sunday. For me, this was one of 3 or 4 defining moments in the trip when everything comes into focus just a little better. Awesome.

This picture was taken as we were putting the rafters on the restroom. I'm the guy up by the rafters with the white shirt and sunglasses on.