La Estaction on Friday!

It’s Friday and we are moving along with our project to create La Estacion which is Spain's version of UpStreet!! Many trips have been made to numerous stores and countless hours of painting, staining, building a stage, building a barrier to help with the sound, and laying bricks have made up hours of good relational time to get to know and love the families in Sevilla! :-)
We have broken our team into several groups with Robbie, Beth and Megan working hard on the entrance to the children’s space and it looks amazing. Brian, Jim and Renee are our builders and they have spent countless hours sound proofing the room and building the stage and roof for the “station." Monique, Toni, and Brooke are our painters and are working hard to paint the murals on the walls and create the “station”. Elle is our constant interpreter and has shown amazing patience and endurance as she is constantly called away from working on translating curriculum to go to the store or help with a conversation. I (Bethany) am doing a little of everything and loving it! I’ve spent the last several days going to seven stores and buying more material and décor for the room along with groceries for lunches here at the church. I’ve also gotten to paint a little and help with odds and ends but I'm grateful to just be with amazing people in a beautiful country!
Our schedule has been much the same every day. On Wednesday, we got to the church at 9:15am and began worked on our projects until 8:00pm when we drove back to the hotel to change and go to Mari and Pepe’s house for dinner at 9:30pm. They were wonderful hosts and dinner was amazing! We got back to the hotel about midnight having accomplished a lot with the help of our friends here in Sevilla!
Thursday we worked from 9:15am to 8:30pm and then went back to the hotel to change and and go to Toni and Marco's home where we enjoyed a delicious dinner around 10pm! The days seem to fly by!
A special moment happened for us yesterday as Jim had a brilliant idea. When we were building Buckhead Church, the members came and wrote names of their friends and neighbors who they were praying for on the unfinished walls. That way, they were reminded to pray for these people every time they saw the wall. Some of the members of East Park Church wrote the names of the kids in the neighborhood on the wall before we began working and it was a meaningful moment!
So, that is where we are! We have made some great progress and can't wait to unveil the finished product! God is good!

PS- We've attached a few photos from today. Bibiana and Maria, two teen volunteers, are pictured in the frame. We've also pictured our painting team and front entry team.