Bushmead Team Week 1 Part 2

Well the frantic pace of the first week continued into the second half of the week. On Wednesday we did our first session of painting over the graffiti in our street. This was an amazing time when we really impacted our community, and people started to ask who is the ‘Gringo’ that is getting these people to paint all these walls. We were even asked what we charged to paint walls. I can see business ideas!!

Thursday was a well deserved day off as we went into the centre, saw the sights of Lima, which isn’t many, and also ate new Peruvian food, and bought a few souvenirs.

Dale and Stuart, Dale and Peck, Peck and Stuart, we will never know!

Friday was our first day working on Walter’s house, and we managed to lay a cement floor, certainly a first for me (Mark). I felt we had done a good job. However no professional firm will be hiring us just yet. Most people would require a floor to be flat and not to have a table that wobbles when you are trying to drink your juice!

Nearly finished juice bar floor. All looked good at this point.

Peck also had to destroy the current wall that had been laid for the bathroom, before starting on the process of building a wall to UK standards with Peruvian materials.

Saturday was the highlight of the week as we ended our Alpha course with the mums, which for the majority was their first retreat ever, for some, their first time out of Lima. We had an amazing time, and every single person really enjoyed their time, and was asking when the next one will be. It was a great day emotionally, spiritually, and physically for all involved.

2 of our very cute toddlers