Ahoy!

Mitch here. Thailand in my humble oppinion has been amazing. Our trampolines have arived and we are blessed not to have to pay a shipment fee. today was a full day at BBF. we had quite a few projects to do around there. Dave and Ben had to weed wack the foot high grass on the soccer field, nathan, TJ, sam, and I all had to dig a four foot hole, Greg, Dave, and Ya-Ye all worked on the church roof, and the girls dug a small trench and a tunnel for the pipes. digging the hole seemed to have been fine but then all the water underground started to pour into it so we had to work fast. we had to put these big concrete rings into them but leveling that off was a huge challenge. I had mud from my head to my toes and eventually just whipped off me boots and enjoyed the mud through my toes. After a few hours and a few different workers, we put two meter wide concrete rings on top of each other in the hole. We got pipes running through connected to that and a pump which will take away all the loose water making the areamuddy. The BBF kids all laugh at us when muddy but yu an tel they all appreciate our work. For the roof we didnt have our main wood guy rodger because he had to go to the hospital with Faith because he broke his finger. Hes ok though and ready to get back to work. We set up one of the old AGAPE swing sets for them which they loved. One of the main events we were waiting for came upon us today. We got to set up the trapoline and see the huge shining smiling faces on the kids. they all laughed as others jumped and we a got one huge group picture of us all lying on the tramoline. Ive been learning al the boys names and have found a couple that our my age. I really enjoy working at BBF because its a great chance to build relationships. We have a plan of going one on one with the boys and get to know each other through a translater, and taking them to the internet cafe and setting up an email for them. we want to be able to become pen pals and stay in touch for as long as we can. the agape kids came over tonight and we all had a huge pillow fight which has resulted me in barely being able to keep my eyes open, so I will write more later,

your LOUD brother in christ

-MITCH ALLEN