Building Homes~Building Relationships

Today was a day for building. Building homes but most importantly building relationships. We completed 3 homes and started digging the sites for houses 4 & 5. As we worked in the intense heat alongside the people in the village we were building relationships. Whether it is digging holes, cutting metal or holding each other's ladders we are building strong bonds with the people here. It doesn't get any better than this. Being Christ hand extended to the people of El Salvador. It truly is a blessing that is hard to put into words. It is life changing!

This morning I gave the midwife in the village some baby hats that Jayne Duldner had knit. Later I was blessed to be invited into the midwife's home as she cared for one of the pregnant women in the village. The women's baby is the wrong way.The midwife explained that she needed to turn the baby before she gives birth. She gently massaged and manipulated the baby to turn. It was an amazing experience to see. As I watched I thought of all the children and teenagers that this amazing women has helped to enter into this world and what a blessing she is to the women in the village. They and there unborn children are in experienced hands and I am so thankful that she is there to care for them. I read of so many women who die in childbirth because they do not have proper help.

As I sit typing at the computer I can hear the teens playing a card game and laughing. Not only are we building strong relationships with the people of El Salvador but also with each other. I am so thankful that the young people at Bethany have obedient hearts and listen to the call that God has on their lives to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. It really isn't about building houses but building relationships. After all that is what goes with us into eternity. Our relationship with God and with others.