March 12 Community of Aldea Mealer

Everyone is healthy so far, except for that everyone is suffering from CLD (Chronic Laughing Disorder). The other three suitcases have not arrived yet. Our medical team went to Meulir village today, which was a nice and bumpy ride. We saw approx. 160 people. A few stories stuck out to us. The first was an old man with Parkinson's disease who was alert and thankful for the prayers because we did not have medicine for his disease. We also saw a boy in a unique wheelchair with muscular dystrophy who was able to walk last year. Another story that touched us was a 16 year old with a baby with a big head. This was touching because we knew that this was a situation that needed surgical attention, and this is something that we cannot supply. There were also some fun things like a bearded 90 year old man whom we called Abraham and he was still working, and another was an 82 year old man that was kind of the town comedian and also a great singer.
Today was another great day for the amazingly efficient construction groupo. We completed tres floors while mixing triple batches by hand. One of the houses that we graciously helped to provide an exciting new floor to was also a house that was worked on at last year by one of our church's team's consrtuction groupos. When we had finished working early, Pastor Juan took some of us to visit some of the families along the river that we had worked at last year (Santa Ana). At the end of the day, we had to haul the mixer to Gustavo's house in the city.
For lunch we were able to have ham and cheese sandwiches, which were delicious. Aurora made three sandwiches for each of us. Most of us only had two, except for Bob. The meals have been muy delicioso.

Señor Benjamin de la Perkasie