I can’t believe it’s already Wednesday! These past couple of days have gone by so quickly, between traveling and house visits and touring the farm and construction, all of the days seem to have melted into one. I have loved being able to form relationships with the workers and translators here at Piñas de Paz, and I have been blessed with the opportunity for me to become better friends with my classmates who are here on the trip with me. My construction task is building a house for Carlos, who is one of the workers here. It has been a labor-intensive yet very fruitful experience. Today, my fellow construction workers - Jeremy, Mark, and Zach - and I carried lumber up the hill to Carlos’s house and helped to nail 2x4’s into the rest of the wooden frame that we had shaped throughout the past couple of days. After returning to the farm for lunch, our team prepared for a Vacation Bible School for the children who live in the Ticuantepe area near Managua. I was part of the Music group with...
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