Pictures and Blog

Here are pictures as promised from Luzern and others from the project. After the last blog, we continued working. We almost felt lazy though we got a lot accomplished. It was just that it was much less painful than the first couple days. We’ve finished half the trench, replaced parts of the roof, began leak-proofing the ceiling and did several more odd jobs on site. Michelle and I went back to our host family for dinner. Our host momma’s sister and her four kids were over playing with the family. We will spend more time with their family on Sunday and we’re very excited about that. They are a Muslim family and I’m looking forward to getting to know them better and starting to understand the typical Western European Muslim family. Erin and Christina’s host momma isn’t a Christian so pray for opportunities for them to show her Christ. Sarah and Christine’s host family is a real inspiration to them. Pray for them to continue encouraging each other and learning from one another. The guys are all staying with a young couple who work at the school. They are a young family. Cedric, the father is helping us with the project and Laticia, his wife is always around the school with her three children. Getting to know them better has been a real pleasure and one of the nicest parts of the long work days. I’ve especially liked seeing how much my host family prays for their children. There is a lot of craziness going on with a large family but they have constant reminders to commune with God built into their day. They’ve given me a lot of insight into the cultural and religious climates of Western Europe and the Arab world.

Well, I've been composing them without the internet and posting them when internet becomes available. So that was delayed and now the latest news is that our trench which spanned the whole of the building was only a little over half as deep as we needed. We didn't dig deep enough to go below the frost line, so that was a bit discouraging. We'll continue on with that all day. Meanwhile, I've been working with a man named Fred who works for the French military to replace about 20 of the roof tiles (which are very large and heavy). We've almost completed the work. Jon is working with the jack hammer, most of the girls are digging, Dustin and Christine are working on the ceiling and Michelle is working with Pierre on the plumbing. It's a busy day and a very hot one, but it's lunch now and my host momma, Aida Sbetity, has made us all homemade pizza.