Day 10 - Monday

1 Chronicles 16:34  “Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good.  His faithful love continues forever.”  

Well, good morning again.  We were up and ready to go to the airport at 3:45.  The line at

the counter was not long, but it was slow moving.  Annette was at the front with our passports to get us seats close together.  That is when we found out the reason for the slow moving line; our flight had been canceled for maintenance reasons so everyone was being rebooked.  

So, the most reasonable flight is this same one tomorrow morning, Tuesday.  So we were all issued new tickets; we were able to call our contact persons from the Avianca desk as well to make those changes.  And of course, Allan was called to come get us.  We could have stayed in the hotel close to the airport but then we would have nothing to do all day and we all opted to go back to Jardin Shalom.  

After some coffee and chatting (and a wee siesta), we all found jobs to do - a few boxes of clothes to put back in the bodega for distribution by the next group, a few things that needed to be washed, some small maintenance jobs to help out with.  Paula and I resorted 6 boxes of baby to 5 years old clothing, found some odd things mixed in and we are washing the stained clothes now for repacking and re-labelling.  

Let’s review what got accomplished this trip:

Painting review:  Painted the outside wall of Jardin Shalom, the chapel, the guardhouse, kitchen outside wall.

Home Improvements:  Shower heads were changed, some plumbing, sinks, etc

Over 165  families (over 500 people) were fed throughout 5 barrios.

8 milk bag mats were made by 6-8 men & women; sewing projects were completed by 16 women and Humberto of course too.

And then there were 6 crocheters that completed many smaller projects like the flowers they shared with the sewers, eyeglass case and purse and they are keen to learn more.  We had Sofia purchase some Crochet magazines in Spanish and she came back with 6 magazines for $20 USD...that’s a pretty good deal!  So the girls will get lots of ideas from those and then there’s pinterest too.  I saw some eyes light up already.

Final Update - Tuesday
Out to the airport for 4am again.  Everything went smoothly.  Avianca is a lovely airline to fly with.  The rest of the day was uneventful.  Arrived in Toronto; customs went very smoothly.  I needed to get from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 for my flight to Ottawa but I made with a bit of time to spare.  We had just got on the airline when the final inspection outside showed some damage to a cargo door.  It appeared that, at first, it was just a scratch but after further investigation they decided it was damaged enough to question the integrity.  So we were moved to a different plane and left a 1/2 hour later.  Smooth sailing from there.  Arrived in Ottawa airport at 6:45pm.  Paul was there to pick me up.  On the way home we stopped for wings at the Barley Mow in Stittsville.  Then I drove the rest of the way home.

Again, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.  
Love & Blessings to all,
Susy