We got up about 7:00 A.M. and washed up for breakfast. We started playing a part of the Un-game at each meal today. Charles gave each of us a question on Sunday to think about until we actually started playing. The responses to the first batch of questions were quite interesting. After breakfast we headed for the work site. We had some difficulty finding work to do until the villagers showed up. They put us to work once again on steel reinforcing rods, tying some together to make trusses for the roof. Bill B and I decided it might be fun to try and make tortillas so we went to the kitchen area where some of the village women were cooking, and asked if we could participate. At first, they were reluctant because we were men, but then they gladly welcomed us and instructed us in the making of tortillas. It was really kind of fun and although it was a little difficult at first, we soon got the hang of it after making a few.

The women seemed to really get a kick out of watching us and told us we couldn't leave until we had all the tortillas made. Nancy, who was our translator, told me to repeat a Spanish sentence after her. As I trusted Nancy, I repeated "Donde esta mi esposa" which translated literally means "where is my wife"? Of course everyone started laughing and then they told me what I had said. After making some more tortillas, we went to the bus for dinner. We had asked the women we had helped if the Mexican men ever helped them make tortillas and they informed us that the men never help with meal preparations. On the way back to the bus, Bill explained to Ninfa, a Mexican friend from Galeana, that in the United States a lot of men, particularly singles, make their own meals.<.p>

After dinner and daily devotions, we played more of the Un-game questions. We then went back to the site and looked for more work to do. They were ready to mix concrete to pour some of the upright columns. The concrete was mixed on the ground and then carried up to the scaffold to be poured down the form. This was pretty hard work, but we completed it with the help of many hands. We returned to the bus after a hard day's work.

After supper, we sat around and visited and then decided to build a camp fire. We sang songs and enjoyed the fellowship of our entire group. Some of our Mexican friends joined us and they also sang some hymns for us. The pastor shared his feelings of thanks and gratitude to us for traveling to Mexico to help with the church and added that he wished that we didn't have to leave. He also told us of his frustration in trying to communicate with us like he would like to and told us he didn't know how he would ever be able to repay us. Charles told him that we would all be able to communicate the day we met at the feet of our Lord. Amen.

After singing more songs, we popped corn and also enjoyed a cake that was made for Carlos and Mary's one month wedding anniversary. I was feeling a bit uneasy in my stomach so I didn't eat anything. After returning home, I took a Pepto-Bismol and hoped that I didn't have anything too serious. That night, Bill and Bob J. visited with our family and we learned that they talk in two separate languages. They speak Spanish for religious purposes and "Mesawa" for everyday use. We had wondered earlier why it was sometimes very hard to understand them (for those who spoke Spanish) and now we knew. We finally hit our beds in order to get some rest and be ready for another day at the Church site.