Mission Peru

by Maddison Pilon, Bramalea Alliance Church

Maddison was chosen specifically to write our first blog on construction, because she was identified as someone who was “killing it” during work assignments (An editorial note from Jeff Enns ☺).

I am privileged to be a part of a team who today, began to help build a foundation for a building. Before it had set in that I was travelling to a different country to help alongside an even greater team, I was looking forward to going beyond my comfort zone making sure that I would chose to challenge myself. 

Our first assignment... They had us level off, what will become a foundation for a building. They then split our team. Half of us moved up across the street to fill wheelbarrows full of dirt to help fill the empty space, leveling the ground to prepare the foundation. I was just standing around and decided that I was not giving my 110%, so I made my way up the hill. At first, it was difficult to figure out the instability of the wheelbarrow, but then I realized that it is a lot like our mindset. Once it is in the right place, things go smoothly but when it is not, we need to work to get to that point by choosing another path. To be honest, I got tired, but I took a deep breath and thought of the end result (The director for the interns gave us our instructions, but spoke about the vision first). What a great reminder about what people can do when the right starting point has been chosen. It might seem like that job is done but in reality, it was a starting point to see just how much I can push myself. By the way, I plan to keep on going and give my 110%. If you want to know more about what that means, there was a video posted on instagram today, explaining #contract