Here are a few thoughts from team member Barb Adamson who is currently in The Gambia helping to Build the Future:

It’s hard to believe we have almost been here a week, though when we look upon the new building, and what the men and their Gambian co-workers have accomplished it is amazing!!! From starting with a flat slab of concrete, the foundation, now stands a building divided into classrooms, complete with windows and doors. Today they began putting up the trusses and completing the end walls. What a fantastic team effort, everyone contributing their gifts: Larry, Steve R and Steve Z teaching the new guys masonry and Dave, Leroy and Mike making window frames. Alex, Mike A and Stoian are filling in where needed and learning new skills. Molly and I (Barb) have started getting into a groove, making sure the water bucket is filled for fresh water, painting scripture when we can get into the classrooms and playing with the kids at breaks and doing some minor wound care. Oh, then there’s the minor detail of feeding all these hungry men!! Thank God Manuela menu planned and shopped before we came! We rush home from the job site and begin making dinner, Manuela with a flair for spices and creative cooking, Molly and I prepping and washing. Being here and seeing what Sol and Manuela have accomplished from literally nothing and hearing stories of how God has provided time and time again deepens all of our faith. Their unwavering trust in our Father is such an inspiration. Being here on the mission has brought other joys, such as listening to each others testimonies at lunch and after dinner. And hearing Stoian and Steve Z’s stories keep us all laughing. Voices lifted in praise and worship bring us closer together and to God. We are so grateful for all your fervent prayers and thank you to those at home who are keeping up with everyday life so that we may experience God’s work here in Gambia.

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