A day in the life…

Recently my days have become quite an interesting mix. Here for instance is the rundown for Friday 15 May:

Greet the workers in the morning, make sure everyone knows what they are doing.
Ask Andres to help bring down recently cut poles (trees) with the tractor.
(Andres tells me we are out of diesel for the tractor)
Remind Enrique to give antibiotic injection to the dog.
Set a few cabinets in the apartment.
Run into town to get the remaining bath tile we need for the shower.
First stop – machinist to drop off a part to be modified for our compactor
Second stop – to another ministry (Extreme Response) to drop off extra conduit we had on hand.
Third stop – tile shop that winds up being too expensive
Fourth stop – hardware store to buy a range hood
Fifth stop – a tile store I had scouted the day before. Success! left with tile and grout.
Gave Enrique money to get diesel and gas from the gas station with a reminder to get a receipt.
Lunch with a few team members in Calacalí. Saw on the news that the first case of swine flu, or H1N1 whatever, was confirmed in Ecuador.
Answer a few emails on some legal and finance issues.
Finish details on the cabinets set in the morning.
Talk over details of having our trails cut with a neighboring missionary.
Pay workers.
Talk over details of Holger’s house project with him.
Check in with a man who had come to purchase alfalfa from us.
Take care of receipts and cash I wound up with.

Clean up to go to a birthday party of a Youth World team member. I was pretty tired but it was fun.

Hasta la proxima...

~MWL