We made up a tool list and divided it up between the five guys that are going. Each of us has some unique tool to bring so each one of us does not have to bring everything. I wonder how the women are doing dividing up all the stuff they are responsible for?!?!?!?! Still, there is enough stuff that everyone has to have, that will add to the weight of what we are going to be carrying to the DR. We have seen pictures of the five families that we are going to be building the latrines for and we are excited to pack our tools and equipment so that we can actually be of some assistance to them.
I have a double columned list of the stuff I need to bring and I am wondering where it is all going to fit! I am used to traveling very light, never even checking a bag but this is the first time I am getting on a plane to actually go and build something. I am very glad that when you fly internationally, you can check two bags per person because I am pretty sure that I am going to need that much space.
I am getting more excited with each item I stuff in the bags!
I have also been thinking a lot about my role as Christ's person on this trip. For this blog's design, I chose the motif of a dandelion being disbursed in the wind, taking its seed pod and starting anew in another place. We have a destination and a purpose in mind but we truly don't know what will happen once we get there. This is not a planned vacation where everything is prepped and ready for you when you arrive. We want to bloom wherever we find ourselves, ready to grow the seed of God's love for all those we encounter along the way.
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