I carry, You carry, We all carried many loads.

Today was an incredibly long day. We took apart the old church and carried the pieces to the new church which is almost finished and lies about 3/4 or a mile down the opposite side of the road. We had hoped for a better turn out from the people of the church, but those that came worked hard. Actually the biggest turn out were Emily and my little friends! They desperately wanted to help us! We carried and we carried and we carried load after load to the new church. People on the streets stopped and stared to see Buzungu ( white people) carry and work. People from the church were even correctly them telling them that whit people would not do this, they explained we were Burundians. Therefore i had to learn a new phrase "Jawe urundikazi" which means "i am a burundian!" We worked long and hard in the hot hot sun and it showed on all our faces after such a long day. We were ther from 8-5! wow lots of carrying! we carried bundles of wood for the roof together, giant pieces of tim on our heads (African style), and many many more things. We are so tired but i had to tell you all about it! Thank you for your continual prayers, Emily an i are still getting for VBS and we are so excited! it will be these childrens first one! Please continue to pray w love you all and think of you constantly!