PBC Team keep at it - Day 5

Today I got some more pictures of our hard-working team on Day 5. They're still smiling! Each day brings new, different jobs and each day also brings new skills they're acquiring! And each day brings beauty to our community outreach center! It's amazing how a coat of paint brightens a room! And I have no idea why this is underlined! Ah well!

Stephanie had a bit of paint on her face during lunch, but there was LOTS more paint on the wall - and it looked great!

A good way to get paint on your face is to do this! But the ceiling looks really good now!
Thanks, Jean! The young people won't believe their beautiful room next Sunday!
Below are the "mud slingers" - concrete and mud, that is. Carmen and Nallely (on the right) from our church joined the team this morning the help out. They're good mud-slingers! The mud went up on a wall in the junior kids' Sunday school room.

Need another good book?

Are you looking for another good book to read? 'Cause I have one for you! Especially the kiddos! It's called I WILL be a doctor! by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. It tells the life story of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to be come an MD, the struggles she went through to get there, the suffering and hostility that she endured from the medical profession, the prejudices of society in the 1800's. But she was determined, this lady of unusual determination and compassion - and an inspiration to everyone! Look for it! Read it! You'll love it!

McManus/Hanna household

Here we are in all our glory in front of our house. We couldn't get Peanut to pose nicely for us. Ah well, there's another nice picture of her here somewhere! Our house badly needs painting - maybe soon - maybe not soon! Who knows!

PBC Team keeps at it - Day 4

Our PBC team continues working very hard. Yesterday I put on a picture of these gals "playing", but don't kid yourself, they're working HARD! Keep it up, girls!

Here's Michele, doing a dirty, no-so-fun job with a big smile on her face!

Pastor Brian Bill!

Just a shot of some of the gang. Paul Becker is on the job each day, keeping things going, shopping for needed items, and of course taking pictures! He's learning so much Spanish doing this job and will soon pass us all up in his abilities!

PBC TEAM

Pontiac Bible Church, Pontiac, IL has sent us an enthusiastic, fun, hard working team to help us at the Community Outreach Center. Here you see Jean and Wes putting in a beautiful floor for the ladies' bathroom. It's going to look so nice! In fact, it already does!

When my kids, Kris and Ken were in kindergarten, they had a festival at their school called "Jugando se Aprende" (You learn by playing) where all the kiddos played at different "work-related" things like washing clothes at a sink, washing dishes, sweeping, etc. Well, here are two of the teens from PBC "learning while playing"! That cement is squishy! Wow! But, for the most part, these gals are spending their time working hard, mixing that squishy cement, and carrying it to Luciano, who is building a wall to Cameron's Sunday School room! They're doing a great job!

I'll try to get more pictures, but if you want to see really GOOD pictures, and even a video of our hard-working team, check out the noothernameministries.blogspot.com.

Peanut

Isn't she great? She's posing, of course!
"Please, please play with me!" Peanut often brings her ball - I guess you could call it that, with holes chewed all over it - to the door, sets it down and waits for someone, anyone, to kick it into the garage. She wildly chases it, grabs it, growls at it, and brings it back to be kicked again. And just TRY to get it away from her if she doesn't want to let it go! She just growls and hangs on, swinging it back and forth and won't let go till she's good and ready!

The construction crew

Nacho, one of our church leaders, and Michele, get to work!
The construction crew from Frisco, Texas. Front, Michele and Amy. Back, Danny, Harry and Rex. What a great job they did!
Here's one of the beautiful walls of our new women's restroom at church!
Two more walls! We're excited and anxious to have the restroom finished - it may be awhile, but there is hope that it'll be soon! Just a week ago, this was an empty room and now look at it!

And even MORE pictures!

Every one of those kids in the clubs was SO CUTE! What a time our photographer, Danny Jaco had getting them to all smile beautifully- at the same time! The kids loved it of course and were thrilled to take home their picture in the frame they each designed.
Nallely, one of the Misioneros de Verano (Summer missionaries) here talks with the children who raised their hands. 35 children accepted Christ as their Savior and last Sunday two of the children brought their parents to church with them!
The games we played were silly - and so much fun! Hot potato was especially fun, as you can see!
Here are the kiddos making their frames for the picture Danny took of all of them. They're made of foamy and we saw all kinds of frames, beautiful, unusual, creative, funny - and none of them UGLY OF COURSE! The children were so pleased with them!
Our afternoon club was held in a garage/store. Our hostess, Lucy, sews and sells school uniforms. You can see them piled up and hanging in the background. The space was VERY SMALL, but we had a great time and no one minded the constant bumping into each other!

More fun pictures

Here's where Bethie hides out when teams are here! Actually, she keeps VERY BUSY preparing wonderful meals for everyone - here one of the team members, Kristin, is helping her cook up something delicious!
The whole gang. If you look closely you'll see Alan in back, Bethie (right), me (front), and Scott Yingling (back right) with the team. And you'll of course recognized Cameron and Dayton front left!
Michele Jaco gave a talk on Wellness and Exercises two times during the week. Here the ladies (and little girl!) are enjoying the information and later would "enjoy" doing some exercises with Michele!
Who says "Duck, Duck, Goose" is for kindergartners?? Here some of our young people - the one running is well over 20 - and the crazier ones on the team are enjoying a game of "Pato, Pato, Ganso!" No one broke a leg!

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

The title isn't real exciting, but the book is! 12 year old Donn Fendler told his story to Joseph B. Egan of his harrowing experience being lost on a Maine mountain called Katahdin. Later, one of the searchers describes the mountain: "Before I had reached the summit, I was fully convinced that Mt. Katahdin's ruggedness had been grossly understated and that I was climbing the toughest mountain east of the Rockies." Read about how Donn survived nine days on this mountain, surprising all but the moms around the U.S. and his parents, who never lost hope that he was still alive.