Dana you’re so hot right now!

James Savage here, and to start off, the rumors of my temporary demise are greatly exaggerated. The important thing is that I am back to 100%. I did have a 24-hour humility exercise involving the need for knee pads and an often disturbed reflecting pool. I will be glad to share all of the gory details at some future time to any one that cares. This being my third trip to Central America, I guess I have been beating the odds up till now.
Today has been yet another great day and another lesson in patience and rolling with the punches. Glory to God that all is going well. Using the process that was developed yesterday, we wasted no time getting the remaining sections of the bridge put in place. Things went very smoothly. We even set aside some time to do some creative cinematography.
As we passed one of the bridge sections across the bridge we wanted to get the perspective of the section on its journey. So I did the natural thing and volunteered my wife to strap herself to the panel and video tape as it went across. She wanted to, really… Well her stunt is what prompted the title of this blog, if you haven’t figured it out. Yet one of the many reasons I love that woman! Alright, well moving along, we got all the sections in. This thing actually looks like a bridge now!
The rest of the day was spent working on multiple little tasks, getting ready to do the final assembly of the bridge. These little things always seem to take more time than you would hope. That is fine because this gave some us much wanted time with the local community. We have really started to fall in love with the people of Chicutzan. They have truly partnered with us in the project. There is not a bit of work that takes place with out one of our Guatemalan amigos jumping in and helping out. We have also enjoyed getting to know the countless kids that seem to herd around the work site. This community has continuously shown us their gratitude and encouragement. I will let some one else tell you more if they have not already, but there is one lady here who seems to do nothing but bake for us all day long. Wow is it good!
OK back on track, There is just so much to tell and so little my “hunt and peck” typing can tell you. So we worked the longest day yet, and kept going until we were certain the rain was going to catch us. We got back right as a thunderstorm broke loose. To say that the rain was hard would be an understatement. We sat on the porch and watched an amazing light show for half an hour or so.
To round out the evening we all came in and Alan led us in thinking about the beauty of Christ. Words can not describe the lessons that are being learned on a moment by moment basis. God is teaching us more about himself, his kingdom, each other, and ourselves than is possible to absorb in a single week. Pray for us that we may not lose this blessing of experience due to our inability to see all that God is showing us.