We hope you will enjoy even more pictures from Mexico City...
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
End of the Week
We've reached the end of our week and what a week it has been! Today dawned with bright sunshine that lasted through until 3:00 p.m. when the thunderstorms started! Between yesterday and today, we were able to get a variety of miscellaneous projects completed - from felling 8 trees on the property (Wes fell on his bum!) to painting steel beams, to preparing the walls for the concrete pour, to cleaning the job site, to building a bookshelf for Joy, a delightful member of the ICN and CMF who lives at the church. John Kildahl gave 14 hours of time (he's there now to finish it just right for her) to build a place for her beloved books. We've had a very safe week, with the toughest moments being when specs of concrete or wood or dust flew into eyes... check out the pictures of Max the Pirate (Mike Maxwell) who benefited from the ministering of Dale and team as his eye was flushed and his patch applied. Literally, we have not laughed that hard since we were kids -- his pain was our glory!
Our last two mornings have brought great devotions from Dale and wonderful testimonies from members of the team. What a very special and favorite part of our trip these morning times together have been. We've grown as individuals, we've grown as a team, and we've grown together in unity in Christ and our pursuit of the Holy Spirit. Thank you to Gary and Dale for leading us here, and to each person on the team who shared from their heart and let us see a window into how Christ has changed their lives.
ICN celebrates their 14th year as a church and Pamela is recording a special message from our friends at WCC to say congratulations and that we send them our best for continuing to reach this community.
The team will journey on an expedition on Saturday as we head out to the airport, and then families will be rejoined on Saturday night. We're pretty excited to get a 2nd Fall Back on Saturday night! Thank you for your prayers and your support. We come back changed for the better, and pray for the fruits of the Spirit to continue to grow and blossom within us.
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Our last two mornings have brought great devotions from Dale and wonderful testimonies from members of the team. What a very special and favorite part of our trip these morning times together have been. We've grown as individuals, we've grown as a team, and we've grown together in unity in Christ and our pursuit of the Holy Spirit. Thank you to Gary and Dale for leading us here, and to each person on the team who shared from their heart and let us see a window into how Christ has changed their lives.
ICN celebrates their 14th year as a church and Pamela is recording a special message from our friends at WCC to say congratulations and that we send them our best for continuing to reach this community.
The team will journey on an expedition on Saturday as we head out to the airport, and then families will be rejoined on Saturday night. We're pretty excited to get a 2nd Fall Back on Saturday night! Thank you for your prayers and your support. We come back changed for the better, and pray for the fruits of the Spirit to continue to grow and blossom within us.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tired, sore, and satisfied
Hard hard work today, and no two worked harder than Brad and Wes...while the rest of us hit the outdoor market, they stayed behind and handled the jobsite. Wouldn't you know, all the deliveries came at that time, the concrete was poured, and they chipped off another section of wall (all in 90 minutes!) putting the rest of us to shame! What great examples they are...and what fun they are to travel with.
We're all back at the Carpenters ready for dinner and what will probably be an early to bed night...heavy work with tie wire work, bending steel, pouring concrete, building forms and finishing brick. We're making good progress, and having a pretty awesome time of unity and sharing all the while -- great laughter, shared tears at times, and
We have amazing photographers in our group -- from John Kildahl to John Weber, to Mike Black and Pamela, to Brad and Steve -- we've got a virtual minute by minute capture. Take a bit and see the progress... visit the attachment at http://picasaweb.google.com/sknbcarp/WCCICNEagles102509#
All the best, and see you soon -- your mexico city team.
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We're all back at the Carpenters ready for dinner and what will probably be an early to bed night...heavy work with tie wire work, bending steel, pouring concrete, building forms and finishing brick. We're making good progress, and having a pretty awesome time of unity and sharing all the while -- great laughter, shared tears at times, and
We have amazing photographers in our group -- from John Kildahl to John Weber, to Mike Black and Pamela, to Brad and Steve -- we've got a virtual minute by minute capture. Take a bit and see the progress... visit the attachment at http://picasaweb.google.com/sknbcarp/WCCICNEagles102509#
All the best, and see you soon -- your mexico city team.
Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow!
It's Wednesday - Miercoles
Waking up to beautiful sunshine here, which is an encouragement to us all as the days have been filled with instant thunderstorms which definitely make for sloppy, muddy conditions on the job site! We are definitely a sight at the end of the day and some of us are just choosing to throw away our work clothes rather than ruin washing machines. Yesterday was a day of starts and stops, dos and re-dos, and heavy heavy lifting on the part of our men. We made lots of progress with completing all the forms on the bathrooms and walkways, and getting brick past the first story -- we are pushing hard to get ready for a concrete pour no later than Friday -- We'd love your prayers for high productivity today because we'd love to leave the team here with that task complete.
We've had some wonderful devotion time about the Holy Spirit, and living in Christ -- and there have been unforgettable moments which we will all carry in our hearts as we've grown together. On the job, we're reminding each other of the fruits of the spirits at those moments when a missed translation leads to a "do-over" or a job that would seem so simple in the states takes four of us an hour to complete (but yes! We do complete it!). It is such a lesson in humility, patience, gentleness and lovingkindness -- and we are all grateful that God is teaching and shaping us as we are helping shape this new church home.
We have been blessed by the people who are serving us here... we work with a crew of 5 (5 yesterday) who stay on the job, we are served amazing sit down lunch by a group of four ladies from the church, and last evening the Tocha Family treated us to a mexican dinner -- with grilled cactus, and some of the hottest hot sauce you can imagine... my lips are still tingling! We'll forward some pictures of Mike Black who endeared himself to the entire family and they set him up to make the full hot sauce with mortar and pestle and sent it home with him... the pictures are on the way and they're priceless. What a blessing to have people want to serve us -- and to be so generous in opening their homes to this large crew.
Pray for effectiveness and productivity -- and Sunshine would be nice too. Love to you all back home.
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We've had some wonderful devotion time about the Holy Spirit, and living in Christ -- and there have been unforgettable moments which we will all carry in our hearts as we've grown together. On the job, we're reminding each other of the fruits of the spirits at those moments when a missed translation leads to a "do-over" or a job that would seem so simple in the states takes four of us an hour to complete (but yes! We do complete it!). It is such a lesson in humility, patience, gentleness and lovingkindness -- and we are all grateful that God is teaching and shaping us as we are helping shape this new church home.
We have been blessed by the people who are serving us here... we work with a crew of 5 (5 yesterday) who stay on the job, we are served amazing sit down lunch by a group of four ladies from the church, and last evening the Tocha Family treated us to a mexican dinner -- with grilled cactus, and some of the hottest hot sauce you can imagine... my lips are still tingling! We'll forward some pictures of Mike Black who endeared himself to the entire family and they set him up to make the full hot sauce with mortar and pestle and sent it home with him... the pictures are on the way and they're priceless. What a blessing to have people want to serve us -- and to be so generous in opening their homes to this large crew.
Pray for effectiveness and productivity -- and Sunshine would be nice too. Love to you all back home.
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> Subject: steel plate 3.jpg
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:08:26 -0700
> From: Pamela.Ryan@nike.com
> To: chrisyarco@willamettechurch.com
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> Steel plate
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