A short one tonight. We pulled a 12+ hour straight work blitz to try and get everything done. Close.
It was hard to build today. Part of the problem is that we're finishing the walls inside, so there's limited space to work and move around. Compound this with up to 30 people and kids constantly wandering in and looking around, and it's nearly impossible. At times you just want to scream, but then we remember that we're here "washing feet"; serving them.
The rain has been nuts. The locals say it has never rained like this before. And we believe it. And yet we managed to have a few hours of unexpected sun just at the time that we needed to get on the roof to work.
The surreal part occurred around lunchtime. We're across the street from the local village square, where everyone seems to hang out and watch us. Sometimes they bring out their 10000 watt stereo system and blast some unknown music. We respond by running our generator. We usually win :-)
Today the stereo started and we just blocked it out. Then suddenly a song came on. Some of us thought we were hearing things. It was Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind". And the surreal part was everyone around was singing along; kids, moms, dads, grandparents.
Who would've known...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7f189Z0v0Y&ob=av2e
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