Day 3 – Sunday, July 24

Our first night here was pretty interesting. While it cooled off nicely in the evening, a small room with 7 men in it doesn’t cool off as quickly. We also sleep under mosquito netting which holds in the heat too. There was a party nearby with very loud music that lasted until sometime after 3 am. We got some sleep, but were thankful that Sunday has been a relatively light day.

We had a devotional and breakfast to start the day.  Erik and his wife Narcisa moved out of the house on the property where the team is and move into the one that we worked on yesterday. We helped them load a couple of truck loads out of the house that the team is now occupying. Tonight, the team will be splitting up between the house we were all in last night, and the one that they just vacated.

About mid-morning we loaded up in a public bus and made our way to the beach town of Canoa at ground zero of the earthquake. Yesterday was sunny and pretty warm, but today was overcast and considerably cooler. Some of the guys went swimming in the Pacific, but it was drizzling, windy and pretty cool. After the rain had let up we walked through the town to photograph some of the earthquake damage, which is quite extensive.

The team has been over at Erik new place getting electricity wired up. We eat dinner after dark (sun set around 6 pm). There is a separate large room on the property that serves as a kitchen and dining room where we eat. The ladies of the family where we are staying do our cooking over four burner propane cook stove.