A week ago we held the closing service for our VBS. We had lots of help from the church folks in organizing and carrying out the entire program. 45 children attended throughout the week, and 9 of them trusted the Lord as their Savior! What a joy to see God bless His work. About 100 people attended our closing program.
This summer we are trying to accomplish two large projects. The first is well underway and should be finished on time. It involves the building of a cafeteria for the school. We had a small roof which did not provide adequate shade from the scorching sun. When we arrived in Ponce the cement walls were about halfway built. Over the next three weeks that phase was completed and preparation was made for the roof.
A mission team from Michigan built the roof for us from galvanized steel. They worked tirelessly for a week with the sun beating on them every day. Without complaint they moved the hot metal, cut it, and bolted it into place. At the same time the rest of the team was busy painting wall, cleaning, cutting trees, and cleaning out a vacant lot beside one of our buildings. Many of our people have commented about the love shown in these tedious and seemingly unspiritual projects, but the effect has been spiritual.
We also planned to tile the floor of our second story classrooms. We are over halfway done with the first stage, but the second step is grinding the floor down to a uniform level. That will begin on Monday. Our contractor wanted to begin on August 4, but Bill persuaded him the start a week earlier in spite of the fact the all the tile will not be down. We have a plan to make it all work, but God must bless in a special way to make all the details come together. Thank you for praying with us.
