Derek just finishing his Wednesday. He is on his way to bed exhausted. They
guys start their projects by 7:30 a.m. and work until after dark.
Today Derek spent another full day shellacing all the boards for the
floor. And, since he spends a lot of time under
the floor shellacing the underside of the wood, he got to have a turpentine
bath tonight . Some
of the shellac is still in his hair .
When he was taking “shellacing breaks” today, he was unloading large
boards off the delivery truck (daily work), and hulling them up 7 flights of
stairs to the roof. (I’m married to Hercules, so it really was no problem .)
And, when needed, he helped a guy install railing around the deck/floor.
Derek said that one little boy has become special to him. The boy is
deaf, and though Derek knows some American Sign Language, that’s no help at
all. However, the two of them have bonded. The little boy is continually
blowing Derek kisses whenever he sees Derek passing by his floor.
The bond seems to be evident to others as well. The guy in charge of
the team told Derek instead of heading up to the roof at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, he
wants Derek to spend some time with the boy before beginning his work day. So,
to say the least, Derek is VERY EXCITED to have a “date” with this little boy
in the morning.
Every day Derek tells me that he can tell so clearly that God WANTED
Him on this trip. Some of the reasons can’t be told over Skype or e-mail, so he
has much to tell me when he gets home. I can’t wait! God is at move, and it’s
exciting to see it—even from a distance.
Thank you for praying for the guys and for this trip! We truly can’t
thank you enough!!!! There are bigger reasons that I have the liberty to say,
given the sensitivity of the place he’s at.
God bless you all!!!!!
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