We went back to our normal schedule today by waking up at 6:30am for breakfast followed by morning worship to wake everyone up and give some more vision for the day. Afterwards we packed up the buses and headed back to our work site at Mr. Hughes's house where we continued to work on our septic system. It was exciting to see the actual septic tank arrive and be put in place as well as see our team essentially finish digging the two run-off ditches. One more hard day of work tomorrow should allow us to finish up the septic system, which will allow Mr. Hughes to keep his house!!
One really encouraging story from the day happened when one of Mr. Hughes's neighbors, Loretta, drove by and began talking to us. She told us that she has power of attorney for Mr. Hughes since he does not have any family and that she was so amazed by the work we were doing. She obviously cared for Mr. Hughes and it brought joy to her face to see a group of middle school students taking time out of their summer to serve a man that does not have enough money to have proper sanitation. Our students have been touching many lives and some we didn't even know, like Loretta.
We finished the evening with another porch time where Luke gave the second part of his talk from Luke 10. He looked at what happens when people make sacrifices in their life to meet the felt and real needs of people around them. Luke said that when this happens people "Get Electrocuted" and experience real joy from God's love passing through them, like a conductor, into the hurt of the world. After the talk we split into small groups, relaxed, and headed to bed. We have one more day to go, which means one more blog tomorrow night. Goodnight!
