Sawing wood to build a shower, a kitchen, and a wood shed
Digging a trench to get running water to the neighbors

Building a shower for the neighbors

The finished shower

The dining room we built for the neighbors


Fixing up the camp before the kids came

Sometimes we babysat our ministry contact’s adorable little girls.

Our American ministry contacts in Ukraine

It stayed light outside until 10pm in Ukraine (and the sun was completely risen every morning by 4:30am).

I spent an afternoon baking 12 loaves of banana bread for the Ukrainian kids coming to camp.
ROMANIA

Kids started flocking toward our ministry contact, Cristi, when we simply walked around the neighborhood.

Reading Peter Rabbit to a little Romanian girl
Thursday night youth group
HONDURAS
Los Pinos
EL SALVADOR
Helping out at the center for people with cerebral palsy

Teaching the school kids songs about Jesus

Riding in the back of a pickup truck was a common way of getting places in El Salvador
GUATEMALA
Los Gozosos—the orphanage where we lived and worked for the month
Doing some cleaning before we started painting