It is finished!

We wrapped up work on Friday. We got more done than we could ever have imagined. Everyone worked very hard and we are all very tired. We were able to get all 15 bunk beds finished and actually completed 22 of the 30 drawers that go under the beds. We were very thanksful for Don Snow and his knowledge that got us to this point. We also that God for strength and stamina to accomplish what we did.

We love the workers of Home

Kids - It's what you wanted all along!

Shots of us Serving

A Sea of Beds!

Here you can see the "almost" finished products!

The Last One Goes Up!!!!

Watch the last bed go on top!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj6KFMCGagk

The Bunk Bed Challenge

Part of the challenge in making the bunk beds this year is that instead of making 11 units (tops & bottoms) we need ot make 15! Not only that but we have about half the people this year. Thankfully we have made several improvements in our techniques to make things go faster. We were able to make 11 units in 3 days this year! Today we plan to finish the last 4 units and then start the drawers that wil lgo underneath the beds. It is wonderful what we are able to do when we rely on Gods strength and not our own. The team devotional today expresses this very well, read Ephesians 3 14-21 if you want to see what I mean.

Don & Nancy

Don Snow is our foreman on this trip. He developed the bed design and helps us stay on track. He is an invaluable resource on this trip. Plus he brought his wife along who we really love!

Jeff holding Emily with Nancy and Yessica

Lana with Damaris & Congi

Larry, Oswaldo & Maria

Here is Larry with Oswaldo and Maria

Willie & Daniel

Willie is sitting with Daniel who has pink eye!

Genisis

Here I am holding one of the Home Mother's daughters, Genisis. She is very much a momma's girl and it was quite an acomplishment for me to get to hold her.

Willie's Posse

Over the years Wille and Lana have developed quite a friendship with Elmer, one of the maintenance men, hear at the home. This trip they got a special trip and were able to go to Elmer's house Saturday night for dinner. Elmer is on the far left beside his wife.

Karen Snyder

Karen Snyder was truely a God thing for our team! She had independently schedule a one person trip to the Childrens Home here in Guatemala for August 4th - 12th. About two weeks before our trip she discovered that a tewam from Red Lion was coming down from the 2nd-11th. Since she just lives down the road in Dallastown it is quite a miraculous coincidence that we would both be headed to the same place nearly with the same dates. She was able to change her flights and join our team! She has realy been a blessing to us since she is a Spanish teacher she is fluent in Spanish and not only that but the things that she is here to do finish early enough that she is able to help the rest of the team build beds.

And then it rained!

On Monday afternoon we had a huge rainstorm. It rained about 1.5 inches in about 30 minutes. with all the buildings and pavement on the property there wasn't much room for it to go so it puddled up near the shop where we work in a covered outdoor area. I told the team to forget the beds and lets build an ark

Nancy in a race with the water!

Nancy and the rest of the team had to move stack of wood as the rain puddles came halfway into our work area!

Lana Routing

Lana is working hard routing the edges of boards for the new beds.

Jon

We even got Jon involved in the work! He was great and helped us alot.

Daniel & Kara

This is Daniel & Kara Harris. They are here for two years and they are currently doing a wonderful job of filling in for Kendon & Wendy while they are in the states for a couple months. Please pray for them as they continue in their positions and seek God's wisdom for their future service!

Mega Frater

Here is a look at the inside of Mega Frater. We were really blessed with a great service. It is always a special experince to worship with the children.

New Church - Mega Frater

On Sunday we got ot go to the new church called Mega Frater. They have been in the process of building it for several years. The Children's Home started attending this church several years ago and they have a great relationship with them as the church does many great things for the Home. The original Frater church was about an hour away and this newe one is only 30 minutes away.

The First of Many

Here is the team with the first completed bunk bed out of 15. Only 14 more to go!

First Bed test

Larry decided to give our first bunk bed a test run on Saturday!

And the work begins

We got down to work on Saturday. Sara jumped right in where she left off last year on the router table.

Flour Fight!

Val Ludwig has been to Guatemala many times with us and even once for a summer as an intern. It didn't take long for her to jump right back in with the kids as you can see in this photo on the first night where Val got involved in a flour fight.

Ready to leave

Here we are at the church getting ready to leave. From left to right it is Nancy Snow, Me, Karen Snyder, Willie Henry, Lana Henry, Larry Hinkle, Val Ludwig, Sara Grove, and Jeff Poff. Not pictured because he was already in Guatemala getting things set up for us is Don Snow.

Of course the internet is down!

Figures! We think everytime we are here that we have created a solution for the internet for us but it seems like everytime we come back something else goes wrong. I'm sitting in the teachers lounge of the school building in a swarm of mosquitoes as I type this. We will post more blogs later today and in the days to come as we have now found a way to get online.

Thanks for you patience!

Trent

Flying to Guatemala Today

Hi Everyone! Thanks for checking out our Blog! We are sitting in the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina on a 3 hour layover before our final flight into Guatemala. There are ten of us on this trip, Larry Hinkle, Jeff Poff, Lana & Willie Henry, Sara Grove, Don and Nancy Snow, Karen Snyder, Val Ludwig and myself. We are very excited to get to Guatemala and start our work. On this trip we will be building 15 bunk beds (30 beds) for the boys dorms at the children's home. We were blessed enough last year to build the bunk beds for the girls dorm as well. Thank you all for your prayers and support!