AFAA Mission Day 3-
Monday didn't start with the same special singing we heard on Day 1, but that didn't take away from the energy and focus of the team. In the morning everyone knew their roles and the workers had showed up ready to get involved. The roofing crew was quickly at work again and again the children were quarantined into their room for the day as roofing materials were thrown down or accidentally fell through the ceiling tiles inside. The electrical team was ready to finish pulling and installing wire to the final parts of the house. The playground team had begun digging holes and building footers in the sand to keep the structure from sinking deeper. The interior team was busy working on the chairs, tables, and fixing many things in the kitchen. The septic/plumbing team experienced the teams first big challenge when we discovered why the sewage had been backing up into the yard for many years. Because of the broken pipes the sand and dirt had flowed freely into the tank filling it full of sand and dirt. This would need to be dug out before we could continue. We also soon discovered there were more broken septic pipes and another full tank. After we had this tank cleaned out and the new pipes were put in place we had to have some very heated discussions about who was going to dig out the old septic tank by shovel and how much they were going to get paid. The workers from the business that had done very little to really clean out the septic tanks wanted us to pay them another amount of money on the side to do the job that two workers had already done half of. In the end we chose to go with the two workers that had already worked so hard. We agreed to pay them $50 each for digging out the hole. They would come on Tuesday and finish the job. To close out the second work day the team was again treated to a cold pop and lots and lots of water. The team refused to stop until the sun had gone down for the night leaving the workers in the dark. By the end of day 2 many new things were starting to happen. The first great thing was that several of the team members had actually gotten one of the girls, Lawrena, into the stander. It was so beautiful to see her be angled in more of an upright position for the first time in her already long life. Instead of looking up at the ceiling all day every day she could now look around and see the work that was going on. At first she didn't like it, but when she realized the benefits of being upward she started to smile. The posts for the playground had been set. Many of the electrical outlets had been installed along with the new breaker box. Two oscillating fans had been purchased to lower the heat through the night and for the first time on our trip we now had lights in the dining area! My dad had become very focused on redoing some plumbing and trying to get the main water into the house so the cooks didn't have to go outside anymore to get water. The roof was now 2/3 of the way complete. The walls had been scraped around the house and two workers were doing their best to get it white washed before the end of the week. When it was time to shut down for the day the team was still partially energized so we stayed up and played with the kids for a little while longer. Around 10 PM we closed the night with devotions, prayer, and a song with the kids. Then it was time for bed! Some of the team continued to stay up (now that we had some lights in the house) and play some cards while the others journaled or went to bed. Work Day 3 would be another intense day with so many things remaining!
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