Woke up early and enjoyed a wonderful home-cooked breakfast of French Toast and then headed to Saltillo International Church, where we worked all day, painting, cleaning, painting and cleaning the church building. Charlotta joined the ladies for a service, where they gave each other pedicures and washed each other's feet. Us guys prepped a youth room for painting, by clearing it out and lining the floor with plastic drop cloth and then using rollers to paint the ceiling and the walls. The ceiling and walls got a nice gray color, while the lower walls got a really dark black that had a red trim in the middle between the two sections. I got lots of paint on my face and body painting the ceiling. We painted a rot iron door and then the pastor and I cleaned all the windows in prep for window tinting. We had to erect some fairly tall scaffolding (just two stories' tall) and climb up there to razor blade and windex the glass. We had hoped to get the tinting done today, as well, but our lunch break to Los Pioneros, which served some delicious soft tacos. I think it was a pretty affordable place, as they were like 9.00 pesos apiece, which was roughly a dollar. I had a Coke Zero for my refresco. Our daughters, who had spent the day at the children's home, joined us for lunch and were having a good time making friends.
After cleaning the windows in the sanctuary, Pastor Damon and I went next door for a drink. That Coca-Cola Light was delicious. We stood on the corner sidewalk of their church building, tilting back the cold glass bottles. I tell ya, after a hard day's work in the heat, that Coca-Cola Light never tasted so good. I need to remember to have a Coke while I'm here, because I forgot that they sweeten the drink here differently. I guess they use a real sugar instead of a fructose or some sort of corn syrup.
We cleaned the outside of the back windows that were near the rooftop of the building, which had a lot of spray from the acoustic babble-type spray that they insulated the ceilings with for sound. There was also some chalk writing on them, which came off easy with Windex and a razorblade and paper towel.
The other people down here are really neat. Scott and Gayle help Damon and Delight run the Children's Home, and there's two families down from the Dallas area helping out this week (maybe more -- but I just met about 8-10 people from those families). One of the guys (Max) is a pastor of a church in Sachse, Texas (right next to Garland). He owns a coffee plantation that uses all their money roasting beans to support missions work. Very cool. Missionary Coffee. I have been very impressed with all the people here and am enjoying their company. One of Delight/Damon's children, Elam, is celebrating his 9th birthday.
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