We tried a little something different this year. We came to Guyana a day earlier than we normally have in the past. First let me say, that we all got here safe and sound, and healthy, but as usual, tired from travel. But let me tell you what that early arriving time meant. It meant having today to rest a little bit more, and put the finishing touches on our lessons we will teach at church Sunday morning. Normally we would arrive at about 11:30 on Saturday night, after having travelled all day. We then would try to grab some sleep and get up a few hours later to eat breakfast then go to church, not having much time to catch our breath. I vote for the one day early method on traveling for this mission effort.
I must admit, the guys had a little more time to rest today, as the ladies attended a ladies day at the Burnham Drive congregation from 10:00 until 3:00. They had to prepare and give presentations to almost 200 ladies from around the surrounding area. Slightly more tired, but extremely blessed they are from having participated.
It wasn't all rest for us guys. The Amelia's Ward congregation has recently built a new church and we were recruited to spread piles of sand around to fill in the low spots in the lot around the building. I'm not surprising anyone by saying, that after a while, wet sand is just plain heavy. Fortunately there were 6 of us guys able to share time shoveling. More importantly, Glenn and Quincy were able to go conduct a Bible study, and share Gods word, the main reason we are here.
This "day early" gave us all time to reflect, fellowship, prepare and rest up for the upcoming week of service to the Lord here in Linden, Guyana, that will go by like a flash of lightning. I can't wait to see what tomorrow may bring.
'til next time......
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