Fred was still sick this morning, but said he was feeling a little better. He decided to stay home and said if he felt better later he would walk to the village. When we arrived at the bus for breakfast, we found that Harold was also feeling ill and he didn't join us for breakfast. It seemed that we were having our share of illness. Dora was also sick and skipped breakfast.

After reaching the work site, we began putting up some of the make-shift, plank scaffolding. Some of us decided things would go a lot faster if we had some wood to make another form for the roof supports. We then asked them how much money it would take for the wood to make one and they advised us it would cost approximately 3000 pesos. Three of us pitched in 1000 pesos each and bought the wood. Bob O, Bob B and I decided it was money well spent. Carlos, Bob B and I did most of the work at first and then Carlos and I finished it up right before lunch (as we had planned). The other fellows had put up the other roof support form and the back side roof truss.

The villagers had prepared the meal for us again today and it was very good (one more time). Dora, Harold, and Theresa did not join us for this lunch as they were ill. Also, Fred still was at the farm so we assumed he was still not feeling well. Our meal consisted of corn tortillas, rice, refried beans and stuffed green peppers and, of course, hot sauce. They also served soda pop.

I had almost forgotten our morning circle up and devotion. We had a short break late morning for devotions, singing and prayer. This was the first day that we did this on the work site. Refreshments were then served and consisted of vanilla wafers and a delightful drink made from cantaloupe. When we returned to work after dinner, we set up forms and later mixed concrete, a lot more than we had mixed before because of the extra form we had made. We had a lot of fun with the villagers. I tried to tell them that what they called a "bote" was really a "bucket." We exchanged English for Spanish on almost everything we saw and everyone enjoyed this very much.

We finished work about 6:00 P.M. and headed back to the bus for supper. We then went back down to the church for a Wednesday night service. This was the first service in the Church. The Mexican workers had set up seats by setting up blocks with planks on top of them. Dan Rodrigez and many villagers were in attendance. They sang a number of hymns in Spanish and then we sang for them. Nancy translated for us when the brother spoke. Charles gave the sermon and Dan translated for the villagers. Charles spoke on gardens and it was very interesting. After the service, we had time for fellowship and refreshments. The villagers had prepared a special drink for us again and we also enjoyed sweet bread. I conversed with the Mexican fellows who had worked with me on the site and we had a lot of good laughs. After we returned to the bus, we enjoyed some bread pudding that Mrs. Judy Rodriguez had made for us. We then headed home to our beds.

Usually on our trips home after our evening church services, our "family" rode in the back of the truck with us. On this particular night, we had fourteen people and a baby in the back of the truck plus four people and a baby in the cab of the truck. We knew we were pushing our luck, but really didn't know how to say "No" to these nice people who would have otherwise had to walk home. Well, one too many bumps and we tore the spare tire bracket loose. I got under the truck and tried to remove the bracket, but the bolts were bent and I just couldn't turn them. So, we just tied it up to the bumper and went on our way. About six of the people walked the rest of the way home. When we arrived home, the women brought clean clothes in to us. I only had a tee shirt and towel as I had left my clothes with the woman in the village. We chatted for about an hour or so and then went to bed.