Today they finished the footers for the permanent shelter, which will be used as a school as well as Amber & Jako's home when they visit. They also made a prayer block that reads "You are always in our prayers FBCW 2006", to use as a corner stone for the shelter. The village cannot get teachers to come and teach the children unless there is some sort of permanent place to do it. So that is why they have been concentrating on building the foundation for them instead of concentrating on building bricks. They have made around 300 bricks total so far, and they say it will take approximately 5000 bricks per structure (school and orphanage).
Today they went to see the goats in the goat pen, but when they arrived Oppey, the goat keeper, was yelling "the goats are loose". They looked around for about 15-20 minutes, but were unable to find any. Then they couldn't find Pastor Petros either. A few minutes later Pastor Petros came up the hill with all 9 goats.
They visited a widow named Gertrude. They say she had an amazing testimony. She has a garden in an area where the ground is not great for growing things. They say that her garden is beautiful, reminding them of the Garden of Eden.
Some of the members from camp walked to the main shop (about 3/4 of a mile), that sells some basic food supplies. They were able to buy 2 bottles of Coke, which were actually cold from sitting in the cool water. When they got back to camp to open the bottles, they realized that they didn't have a bottle opener. One of the Tongans opened it with his teeth.
Tomorrow they will have their church service and play with the kids in the afternoon. Monday they will lay the corners and finish the foundation. They will also pack up camp and head out to Livingston that night.
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