I'm a mason!

Hey guys, Matt here. Yesterday we started building a storage shed for Pastor Alex and his wife Holly. (yes, I'm feeling better and went to work yesterday and today) Here's a look at what we started on today: the walls. The guy in the lower part is BJ, the other Ag. With him, his girlfriend Allison, Allie, Mark and Holly, they all make a large Aggie coven.

If Pablo and his bro Jiovani weren't already funny enough, Alex just adds to the comedy. He speaks a little English, so he's able to tell jokes. The work has been hard, even harder than last week, but it's been really good with all us guys together. BJ said last year he was the only intern here in Honduras, and that would drive me crazy. My Spanish is getting better, little by little. It's been interesting chatting with people. I'm glad they're patient.

Last night was funny because we were so flippin' tired from work, but at 7:00 we had absolutely nothing to do and wanted to go to bed, but felt like a bunch of viejos (old people), so we forced ourselves to stay up till 9:30. We just sat around on the living room floor and read; it was so lame! We told Holly about it today, and she looked appalled and said she'd kill for a night of nothing to do but reading. (she's a mother of 3 little kids) So I'm gonna do it again tonight. Oh, and I got to the 1/3 mark of the book I'm writing! Most of you are like, "You're writing a book?" And yes, I is. Nombre!!

So I'll admit, being here is a little more labor than I expected. I thought we'd all be doing some English teaching and orphanage work, but that stuff is more reserved for the girls. But I'm definitely not complaining. I was reading last night in Mark about having to be a servant if you want to be a leader, and that the first will be last and the last will be first. So I do appreciate where I'm at and what I'm doing. The things we're building, and will build, directly affect other people, and will do so for years to come. And the Hondurans are soooo appreciative. These churches are connected with CAM, so they've had interns come out and do work for them before; and to them, it's a HUGE deal. What we do helps them out immensely, and they see this stuff as a huge leap forward in their ministries. So it'd be cool to come back here years from now and see how our construction is being used by God.

So we got most of the walls put up today. Tomorrow, a window, walls finished, roof and door, and then roof repairs on Pastor Alex's house. Big important stuff!! Also today, we were talking about the best songs of the 80's. There were some lame nominations, like Rod Stewart. I said Total Eclipse of the Heart. OK, lemme explain! It's not like I have that on my iPod all the time, or even at all, it's just been reoccuring in SO many movies and TV shows the past 10 years, that's why I nominated it. And I know most of you are nodding your heads in agreement as you read this, so get off me.

It was really hot today too, but luckily I always use sunblock with SPF triple digits. Alright, that's it for now people.