Thank you Lord. The last words I heard Manuel say every night as we went to bed.
And those were great words to say as our Lord accomplished so much more than we had imagined he would do. Dozens of times every day, the Lord put great things together; missing parts, needed pieces, time tables and divinely appointed help at just the right time. All of these things we were able to shout praises to God throughout every day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPbItvHTZTE A video from early Tuesday.
You can see all videos at www.youtube.com under waynegraham3239
One vid will come up later under "Nothing is Easy in Argentina".
All photos are on the left under "1st Look at Buenos Aires 2012"
We painted four rooms.
We installed a suspended ceiling in the bathroom.
We replace wood in 20% of one floor and painted the entire floor.
We put baseboard in two rooms.
We built a loft in the dining room (ceilings are 14 feet high) and put in paneling below.
We built a kitchen counter top and installed a new sink and faucet set.
We tiled the walls of kitchen use area of the dining room.
We busted out concrete and ran a new sewer system for two new enlarged bathrooms, that include sinks, toilets and showers.
We rewired the bathrooms and the dining room/kitchen.
We re-plumbed the incoming water line to the storage tank, by passing leaking pipes in the walls.
We re-plumbed the water distribution and added a new flash hot water heater.
Because of some time line things, we were unable to set the new bathroom fixtures. But Nadia's father, who is in construction, has committed to finish setting these in place when the tile is cured and grouted.
We did not know the full scope going in. We accepted a large challenge. The entire team was committed to Glorifying God first, and accomplishing task second. We did just that. The effects of putting God first were evident to Guillero, Nadia, her father Miguel, her brother Lucas, Sabastian who came to help, Servando - associate pastor at Barrio Norte, and many neighbors and friends who after seeing the effort committed to giving more helpful things to the effort at the Villa Crespo church.
Thank you to Daryl King, Barry Tiedt, Ted Ulmer, Jenny & Joey Soule, Wallace Hearne and Manuel Sosa for making a huge commitment to travel and work so very hard. I was blessed by what I saw God do through you.
Wayne