amado: finally, a buttload of mexico pictures

i will separate these into days to make it easier to follow. this is only a few, but you should be able to get the picture.

SUNDAY:
this is how our trip started, with a flat tire. actually, we had just got pulled over by a cop about three minutes before, so this was the second incident.

MONDAY:
in order to do the cement for the third floor ceiling, we had to move all the "ingredients" to the roof of the second floor. so, the boys carried 80 lb. bags of cement up a wobbly ladder.

we bucketed up the rocks and sand. i stood on the scaffold all day- not the sturdiest of structures when you are constantly bending over and reaching up.

mom was part of the bucket brigade

this picture is out of order. as the boys were putting bags of cement on the roof, they accidentally broke one open dumping cement down my back so mom cleaned me off before my skin burned

they mixed the cement on the second story and bucketed it up to the third

WEDNESDAY:
there are no pictures from tuesday because all that was involved was lots of vomit. those who weren't sick put a roof on a house for a member of the church. on wednesday, we gave gifts to the church staff, handed out hygiene packets, and took christmas to a state run orphanage in the city.

isaiah:

priscilla

pablito

hermenia and natan-- the three above are also her kids. i've known them since poncho and hermenia only had isaias. hermenia and poncho were told they could never have kids and now they have four. it is an amazing story of the grace of God. hermenia has definitely been given the gift of preaching.