Hump Dayyyyyy

Wednesday brings us to the middle of our time here and all of the sudden it seems like we’re leaving in no time at all.  The morning brought us to the far opposite end of the community from where we had been working.  As far as we can tell, there have now been supply pipes run to all of the houses in the community.  There are now 3 different water tanks fed by the same well and 3 different pumps.  These different mini-water towers supply water to all 200 homes in Sierra Prieta.  That will eliminate no less than an hour per day for each family.  The following chart will give you an idea of how much time is now freed up in Sierra Prieta to do things like, play with their kids, do homework, get a part-time job, learn a new trade, help a neighbor, grow a garden, you get the idea.  This will have a huge impact on the well-being of the people here.

Hours per day saved each household	1 hour
Number of Households	200 households
Hours per day Saved	200 hours per day
Hours per year saved	73,000 total hours per day
“Years of life” saved per year	8.3 years of time spent
Number of full-time jobs it would take to replace that amount of time	35 (full time 40 hr per week jobs)

After lunch we enjoyed some more Bible School with the kids.  Andrew taught about Jesus calming the sea.  It was a great time with lots of kids and lots of involvement.  Our translator Genesis got a bad cold and had to leave, but Yacaris, wife of one of the FH staff filled in and helped us pull off the VBS.

As the VBS wound down Bob, Greg, Holden and Taber left for the final sponsored child visits.  They had a great time connecting not only with the sponsored children but also their families.  Some of these relationships have been building for years.  And these kids are really growing up.

The evening was filled with a meeting for the teenagers.  

Along with the FH staff we spoke with the kids about sex.  Talking very frankly about not only the health and relationship impacts of sex but also the spiritual.  As a physician Bob shared along with Bethany who is a nurse.  We shared with them God’s plan for sex to be shared between one man and one woman in marriage.  There was a good and lively discussion.

Please pray for us as we spend some time playing sports with the kids tomorrow morning at the school.  We will have a training time for Church and community leaders tomorrow afternoon and then will show a movie for the community tomorrow evening.