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Mahal Namin si JesusArchive for August 7, 2008
construction is done!!!
We poured the last of the concrete this morning! We had prepared for 3 days of construction, but we cranked it out in a day and a half 
Tonight is the big basketball game with Calvary up against the Filipino finest. We’ve invited hundreds of people to come and watch, so it should be a lot of fun! We’ve decided to wear some ridiculously cheesy lime greem shorts with out red Boracay4Christ shirts.
Anthony and I were both stung by a jelly fish today. He got stung, and like a big goof I went looking for the jelly fish that stung him. It found me first. Nobody peed on anybody, we just toughed it out. We’re both fine, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be!
My camera died, and I havent had a chance to recharge it, but we have LOTS of cameras taking pictures still! I will try to charge mine, and maybe I can snag someone’s before my next blog visit so I can upload some more.
mango and banana
WHAD UP! chantelle and amanda here chilling at the internet cafe once again. we finally finished pouring concrete and let me tell you, that was no easy task. but with a little help from the singing birds of the team and the constant verbal encouragement, we were able to finish within an hour. we went through “i like to move it” to “happy working song” to “build me up buttercup” to “allstar” and finally with the EPIC “WE ARE THE CHAMPIONSSSSSSSSSSS”! i know you guys want to see the pictures and we assure you that there are at least 700 on blake’s camera alone. it was cool to see everyone step it up regardless of your ability or gender, everyone was working equally hard because we all wanted to finally get to that point. and right after, it’s always amazing to be able to run to the beach and bathe yourself in salt water (and the occasional crab pinch) to rid yourself of all the nasty concrete and dirt.
last night was awesome as we wrapped up the evening with a jam session thanks to sean miles and his guitar. we went through all the songs he knew and settled down into the night with “stand by me” and the countless number of hillsongs as we worshiped. thanks so much everyone for the comments and the verses and the compliments and encouragement- you guys don’t even know how much it means to us. we wouldn’t be here without all of you and your continued support day in and day out. so until next wednesday, when we’re finally flying into that LAX airport,
have a mango smoothie
and think of us.
oh, THIS is what arthritis feels like!
In about 8 hours I am going to be a complete mess. We worked SO HARD today! The students were amazing! Every one of us was covered, some head to to, in concrete mix today after a full day of moving a million pounds of concrete mix from the ground to the second floor. Each bucket was probably anywhere from 10-15 pounds, and we all had one in our hands pretty much constantly. But NOBODY complained, not even once! In fact, people were volunteering to do the most difficult jobs, and by “people” I am definitely referring to the girls too! I could not believe how strong and dedicated they were. I kept waiting for someone to collapse, but they just sang and laughed and talked all the way through it. We should be able to finish it tomorrow (which nobody expected). Kudos to these students once again.
We had another crew visit a high school for half of the day, before joining us at the worksite for the second half. They spoke in front of 400 high school students, and from what I heard they did a fantasic job! By the way, I promise to be honest and tell you if the students completely stink at something! It might seem like I’m just painting a pretty picture of everything they do because I’m biased, but they REALLY ARE kicking butt as much as I have said they are!
I’m gonna cut this entry short and go hang with the crew. Thank you for keeping up with our journey!
