My first day for construction this trip/ A great day to view God’s creation.

Today, I finally got a chance to get my hands dirty with a construction project. This was the first day without a project that needed to get accomplished, so the bulk of the team went on a game drive through the Lake Nakuru National Park. They had a great day with a lot of animals observed, including giraffes, Cape buffalo, white rhino, hippos, gazelles, zebra, baboons, a lion and many others. I only got a few pictures from the team, but they had a great day.

Mark Specht and I went with Rufus and Bill Coble to build a house addition for Frances, one of the SWOK employees.  He has four children of his own and a full house, but he has stepped up to take in some kids who have no home. They are boys sponsored in school through Bill and Chat’s efforts, but they have no homes to go to when school break starts in August. They would be out on the streets if it weren’t for Frances volunteering. So we started with a bare lot that was previously his vegetable garden, dug holes and set steel posts in concrete. A truckload of pieces of square steel tube and a welder helped us turn this into a 10’ x 20’ steel frame which will be covered tomorrow with corrugated metal sheet for walls and roof and an interior dividing wall. A concrete floor and windows will be added by Bill and Rufus after we leave, and the two rooms will be ready in time for the school break. I’ve included a few pictures of the crude structure. I’ll hopefully have a few pictures of the enclosed shell to show tomorrow.  The bulk of the team tomorrow will be doing a large water filter distribution as well as a distribution of dresses and short sets to children at a school in the Gituamba area. These were lovingly made by an awesome group of Helen Turner’s sewing angels at Bethlehem United Methodist Church! Based on past experience, we are looking forward to lots of smiles and happy kids tomorrow!

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