Tuesday Update- Good work and barking dogs

3.22- Steve- seemed like it rained all night, along with many times I woke up during the night with the choir of dogs barking there latest tune.  Breakfast at 7 with Gary making eggs along with the traditional cereal.   Found out that Austin was sick today with stomach were hoping and  praying it will be a one day like Jessica on Monday. Devotions at 8 were Gary and Jessica giving devotions. For me this is one of my favorite parts of the trip, as we are also sharing our personal testimonies or growth  journeys. It is really cool how each testimony shows how big God really is.

       A short 2 1/2 block walk to the translation headquarters gives the usual sights of 8-10 new never-before-seen dogs roaming the streets, along with 5 or so "buenos dias" greetings to friendly Peruvians . Today for work the team continued to paint, varnish, and we had a struggle to figure out the system or roles to pour cement,  as the Peruvian employee and Larry had different ideas of how us "gringoes" should shovel and mix cement. After about 3 different ways, we got the system down and we had a big day with 1500 # of Portland 45 wheel barrow of rock and gravel all mixed by hand. From 9am to 4 pm mixing rotating guys yielded 50 feet of sidewalk and 15 feet of a cement bench.

      Walking back to the motel were ten different dogs, along with a daily event at 5:15. A small truck with about a 500 gallon stainless steel tank full of bulk milk delivered milk to about seven families with over 20 kids total. One mom had about a 10 gallon stainless pot which the milk truck fills daily. She then uses a ladle to fill the other families containers,  One little girl was not afraid to walk up to me and give me a hug. Makes me miss my family . 

         As we took showers at 5:30 the dog took a stroll on our new sidewalk, so Mike Nelson made a homemade leash; we teased Larry at supper if it mattered that the dogs feet weren't touching the ground.

      Meat loaf, baked potatoes and green beans made by Rosa and Candice, a part of the team decided to shop up town for the rest of the evening. As I'm signing off the choir of night barking has begun from the dogs in the street.