We are halfway through the work week and this is always a bittersweet day because we’ve gotten a lot done in the construction side of the trip which is really satisfying seeing the structure come along. But also sad in the sense that I know the trip is almost over.
But we started off the day sunbaked and ready to get working. When we got to the farm before we started working we all went to chapel for the morning. Bryan shared how we can be a Christian and very scientific minded. It was very well spoken.
But then before we knew it, it was time to get to work. We had gotten quite a bit done in the previous
days getting the walls put up on the first day, and getting the rafters for this chicken coop put up the second day. But there was still plenty of work to be done to get the rest of the roof put on for these chickens. While several men were playing up in the rafters getting purlins put into place to then get the roofing process going. I teamed up with Bryan with the task to staple all the necessary chicken wire around the remaining walls as well as the ceiling. It was great getting to know more about Bryan and his past too. I also loved getting to know more and more about the Jamaican men that are working with us on the chicken coop. I spent a good amount of time talking with a man named Kenny and being privileged to hear his story from where he was to how he came to know Christ in personal relationship to how that changed his lifestyle. He truly a changed man from his past to now, but as he exclaimed a changed man only by the divine power of our loving Heavenly Father.
In the grand scheme of things sharing the amazing news of Jesus and building relationships not only in foreign countries but in our day to day lives at home is what God calls us to do. Is to make disciples who make disciples.
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."
Mark 16:15
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