Serving At Risk Families : Tuesday--- working hard, making progress

First off, sorry about the missed post yesterday. I had one started but then we were able to hear the Brobst's and Jon's story and eat some yummy snacks which lasted pretty late so we all headed to bed.

Today, Ron and I finished up the base coat of waterproofing the house. Ron also helped with some carpentry and cement work with Jon and Derek. Derek and Jon also finished the roof. Missy and Anna-Marie finished painting the roof beams and then after lunch they (and me) sealed the wood we will be using to make shelves for the tienda. Mary-Lou worked with Chema to do the top coat and she also "machete-d" some tree branches. Poor Dylan was stuck doing a lot of running today to pick up more supplies. We again hit some hiccups, but overall accomplished a lot. The first day we walked in to see what we would be doing and Dylan was giving us the long list, it was hard to imagine it remotely coming together, but piece by piece we are seeing the fruits of labor and it is so wonderful to think that sometime in the future, the sweet Maria's will be able to call this place home.

We might get a chance to play Dice tonight, update tomorrow on how bad Derek gets beat! ;)