Another Day at the Farm

Yesterday by mid afternoon we had finished sanding and glossing the shelves - just in time for a big soaker. We spent the rest of the afternoon mopping up water from the tile floor of the bathhouse that had been mysteriously appearing every morning, and then trying to find the source of the leak. Turned out that it wasn't from the rain after all. Rudy found leaks around the pipes into the big sink, temporarily fixed them and showed Mary and the foreman, Steve, what needed fixing.

Today we made templates for mounting the shelves, hauled all 40 of them down to the new bunk house, then started installing. We got about a third of them up - well mostly Rudy and Pam did - Peggi was mostly on clean-up detail getting up the cement dust. In addition to hosting/coordinating short term mission teams that go all over Costa Rica, this place, the Centro Rural Metodista, accommodates all kinds of functions in support of local ministries. This past weekend they hosted a local youth retreat and we're trying to get the shelves up before another group comes in for a retreat this weekend.
















Pictured above is the new "youth cabana" where we are installing the new shelves. The cabin is divided with girls on one side and boys on the other; showers, toilets and a conference center are in between. It is really nice and will be even nicer when we're done :-)




















Pictured above is Victor - he had just finished cutting the grass before I took the picture of the youth cabana above.




















Some of the Winfield Team members are in this photo from earlier in the week.

Meal time has been really interesting. Some of the staff usually eat with us and there is always interesting conversation.

Today Marion talked about the trip he would be taking to Los Chilies up near the Nicaraguan border to visit with the team from Winter Park FL that came in this past Saturday.