dominicans and makarios working together

it has been great to have miguel as a part of the makarios team. in addition to working on a project that will someday bring water to chichigua and fixing random things around the house, he also helped us to repair the fence around the escuelita in pancho mateo.

a couple of weeks ago we arrived in pancho mateo to find half of the barbed wire fence torn off the posts and run into the ground. the kids told us that, over the weekend, a big truck had backed into it, causing the destruction we had before us. we had already had a problem with many of the smaller kids crawling in between the wires and disrupting class. now kids (and adults) of every size were able to walk, run, even ride their bicycles right into the school yard. and this of course only happened right in the middle of class so that they could cause as much disruption as possible.

so on thursday, miguel and a friend showed up with new posts and their tools to fix the fence. a couple of pancho mateo residents even gave a hand in hammering the wire into the posts. after about 2 hours of stretching wire and hammering it into the posts, we had a beautiful, new, tightly set barbed wire fence, sure to scare off even the bravest of the pesky little boys (and if it doesn't scare them off, maybe it will convince them to actually stay for class!).

miguel has also been joining us for our weekly MAK devotion time. we've been trading off who will the the devos, and this week was miguel's turn. he used Lev. 25:18-22 to remind us that the Lord is our provider. we have no reason to fear, but should trust completely in Him. he is a wise man, and we're blessed to be working with him.