Geoff Gentry

  I must say that this post was inspired by a blog post of a co-worker.  Connie Riddle‘s post “Home” stirred up much in my heart and mind and I had to blog. Home is where the heart is.  Home is where you lay your head.  These phrases and many more have been used to […] Read more

  Day 9 – We said a sad goodbye to the Ariel family at the hotel.  We LOVE getting to get caught up with, spend time with and see the ministry of the Ariel family.  They were blessed by us coming as well.  We then headed to the airport.  We got our tickets and luggage […] Read more

  Day 8 – This day is one of the hardest of the trip.  Saying goodbye to the staff of the mission and the people of the island is always hard.  We have spent a week getting to know people and spend time in the community.  This was really true this year thanks to the […] Read more

  Day 7 – The day focused on people.  We dropped of the toilets and supplies at the two latrine sites.  We then walked a cross the island to the cliffs.  So much had changed in the 2 years I had been gone.  There is a man building a resort on that side of the […] Read more

  Day 6 – Rob gave the morning devotion to the staff & team on really knowing God. We took a good part of the day to finish up the latrines.  The guys headed to the first latrine and put on the 2 concrete slabs to form the floor.  Then we hiked over to the […] Read more

  Day 5 was not a great one for several of us on the team.  Stomach issues hit several of us in the night and began to hit different ones at different times the rest of the week.  Thankfully the Ariel’s had some medicine that helped us out.  After morning worship most of the team […] Read more

  Day four saw most of the team helping to pour a concrete floor in a home.  A few others went and did some work on the latrines.  Most of the floors in homes are dirt.  Adding a concrete floor is a real help and blessing to the household.  We gathered behind the house where […] Read more

  Day three brought the start of work.  We split into two team.  Each team went to a home and began work on a latrine for the household.  The digging started and we began the hard work.  Each latrine is supposed to be 5 feet deep.  But this can be a real challenge on the […] Read more

  Sunday is typically a day of rest and getting used to  the climate.  In years past, we have gone to a resort that the Colombian’s enjoy.  This year we decided to do something different.  We walked across the island to a beautiful beach.  On the way there we stopped by and saw the well […] Read more