Day 5
03/29/2012


Day 5 went a lot smoother. I got a full night's rest and got up to have breakfast in time. I had toast, a Clif Bar, and some fruit. We went over to the work site for our last day of work, expecting there not to be much work since they ran out of bricks to build the wall the day before. However, they brought more bricks for us to lay and we got back to work. We did the top layer on another 9 parts of the wall, and felt great to get those done. Before lunch, we went into one of the classrooms where the teachers gave us a gift. Mine was a little church box thing that opened up and can hold pens. It was cool, and after this, we took pictures in front of the school.

We got back to the orphanage for lunch, and had a sort of vegetable soup, rice, and beans. It tasted okay, but was not my favorite meal. We went back to work shortly after two and laid another row of bricks on the remaining section of the wall. After we did this, it was pretty much time to go, so we started cleaning up the site and putting all the supplies in the warehouse. It was interesting because I guess the other workers are not going to work tomorrow.

The supplies weighed a lot and were heavy, so it was not fun to carry far away. We finally finished working, and it felt good to be done. The work was good, but it was killing my back so it was good to be finished. On the walk back, we stopped at a "store" and I videotaped in there, and showed the camera where I get all my Gatorade and candy.

Once we got back to the orphanage, we relaxed and just hung outside for a bit. I took a shower and got cleaned up before dinner. After that I got ready to eat. Dinner was really good tonight. It was more soft tacos, but they had some sour cream. It tasted amazing and I had three of them. My stomach was really happy after dinner and we played games till it was time to worship.

Worship was pretty much the same as the night before. We sang songs and had a devotional thought. It ended pretty fast, but then the kids had a surprise for us. They gave us each a stuffed animal and a letter written by one of the kids who was paired up with us. My kid was Saul and he gave me a lion because that is what I remind him of. The letter he gave me was really nice. They also went around and told us a little about the person they got paired with.

Every mission trip has those moments when it feels like the group because closer to God and realizes that what they stayed up to do was special. We just had that moment.

- Sheldon H.