06.25.2012 We headed this morning to Puerto Caimito. Pt. Caimito is about a 20 minute drive from La Chorrorea, where we are staying. We have rented a bus from a Nazarene man and Jeremy is driving it....I know, SCARY! We always begin our day with breakfast and devotions before heading over to begin working. I brought the devotion today and this is part of what I read in my own devotions last week and I shared it with the group.... "We desperately want to be out working, serving, and doing for God, but at times we feel sidetracked....we feel that we are not doing anything at all for God's kingdom. If he's not working through us, then, well, nothing good can be happening. We want to be anywhere but where God has us. ...with God working in you, you're never sidelined, never useless. He will teach you wherever he has you."  I encouraged each group member to take this opportunity not to only work physically for God, but to find that intimate, quiet time with him. Serve Him by stopping and praising him, praying to him, and studying His word. I pray for our group and the spiritual part of this trip. I pray that some will draw closer to God, some will find a way to bring God into the center of their lives, and even some will make a commitment.  See, this trip isn't all about blood, sweat, and tears on a worksite. It's also about growing your relationship with God. About truly knowing God's will in your life and following him fully. I pray each of us is finding something.... After getting some supplies, most got to work quickly on the church. We continued to paint the outside of the front. Others began scraping the entire interior of thue church to get it ready to paint. We are so excited to be able to give them a fresh coat of paint in the sanctuary! They have chosen pink, and green. They also asked if someone could paint on the outer walls of the church...one side with the hours of services, and the other with scripture. So I began working on that in the afternoon. The frame around the door was also rotted out so Dan volunteered to reframe it. It's going to look nice! Deena and Janel worked on repainting the gated door and the iron gates on the front windows. They also painted the front of the church. Others scraped and scraped and scraped!!! The local men finished the roof yesterday! Praise God!  It looks awesome and we are excited to get back there and start cleaning it so it can be utilized to feed the children. For lunch we had hot dogs and French fries.... Truly American food! Tonight we had fish, rice and plantains. After a hard day's work, we headed back to the hotel showered and cleaned up and then some of us walked around town. We found a bakery a few days ago, so I'm sure they will see plenty of us during this trip! I've enjoyed rooming with my cousins, Deena and Dalton. We have some good late night conversations. So far, in my eyes, it's been a good trip. I'm blessed to be here knowing how many months I've been waiting to return here. I continue to pray for the souls of these people, the souls of the people on the trip, and the souls of the people who are reading this...."He will teach you wherever He has you."