April 4th

Sorry I haven't posted anything in the last couple days. Monday, Tuesday and today a group of about 10 of us have been going to a church about 40 minutes away to do (de)construction. We tore the roof off and built scaffolding because next week a mission team from Australia is coming to put a new roof on and redo the interior. We will be helping them as well, but we had to get a lot of the prep work done before they get here. We have been getting there around 7:30 or so each morning and get back around 5:00. We get there early to beat the heat, unfortunately by 8:30 its already ridiculously hot! Long days in the sun make for tired evenings!
The thing about working in the heat here is you have to decide whether you want to be a little bit cooler and wear less clothing = sunburn. Or, some of the guys were long pants, long sleeves, and a shirt covering their face so the aren't exposed to the sun, but that means very hot! I wore a shirt and hat to keep my face covered, but a sleeveless shirt and shorts and I'm pretty burnt (that's with applying sunscreen every hour or two).
This church is right on the ocean/sea (not sure which) so we have been able to swim for a little bit after lunch everyday, which is nice. We don't work on that again until next Monday when the Australian team comes, so just doing the normal chores around Sankey will be a nice little break.
I forgot to take pictures of the church we are working on, maybe next week. I did go around Sankey and take a few pictures this evening though. I am staying in the upstairs of the mission house, then there is the guys and girls dorms, Shelby the monkey, who is one of the "pets, " and then the little boy is Genesis and one of the many dogs here at Sankey.