Well, the work portion of our trip has come to a close. Yesterday we built 2 houses, hosted a medical clinic that saw 84 children in 4 hours, and held a VBS. The 6 of us from Little Rock along with several others built the house paid for by Lifestage 1A. The build went really well. You can see in the photos the before and after photos. Hard to imagine that this family lived in such a small place before. What we gave them was far from fancy, but so much better than what they had before. When the build was complete, we went down and hung out with the kids from VBS. Had lots of fun. Just like last year, the last work day is the hardest to leave. Everyone just wanted to find "that kid" one last time and get one last hug. Several of us gave away our shoes to kids that needed new ones and rode the bus home barefoot. That was an amazing thing. Today as we wrap things up we will go to church back out at Santa Ana and play with the kids of Casa de Esperanza. This evening, we'll go out for a nice dinner as our "banquet" then off to Santa Lucia. This is the oldest church in Central America. It is just over 500 years old. Tomorrow morning we take a charter bus up to LeCieba which is a resort on the northern coast for 2 days of beach time to unwind and decompress. It's been a wonderful trip. Learned a lot and shared a lot. In some ways I don't want to leave, but at the same time I'm looking forward to getting home. See you all soon!

JB