Journal Entry from February 20, 2007...

As I reflect back on yesterday's work day (Monday), I am in awe of all the helping hands God provided for the job of digging out and sealing the pool wall. I have to admit that my only contribution (outside of supervising Wally) was to dig out about 4-5 shovel fulls of dirt! But, hey, that's 4-5 shovel fulls that someone else didn't have to dig out, right?? Anyway, to complete such a huge job in one day was truly amazing to watch! But, at the same time, I was battling on the inside with my own frustrations due to the slow progress made on the mosaic wall project. The process of breaking the tiles into small enough pieces, cutting them further with tile cutters to fit the art picture just right, and carefully cementing them on the wall only to watch them fall off time and again was a process that brought me to tears by early evening. However, what I noticed throughout the day with both projects was "unity." Everyone pulled together and helped where they could. Even Cara (who was busy with her own work) saw my frustration and took a taxi into town and found a hardware store. She picked up some epoxy to try in place of the cement and sand paper to help rough up the walls. However, neither of these things solved the problem and my work day came to close feeling exhausted emotionally and physically. So, as I stood in a cold shower (no hot water here), I took my defeated and bad attitude to the Lord in prayer. It's funny how much better I felt after turning my worries and frustrations over to God instead of trying to fix it myself...duh! I need to remember to be careful to not get so busy doing for God that I forget to include Him. --cs