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Team Work
In the light pole picture at the far back, tan shorts white top is Hayden Budd 14 of Eastford. Pushing on the pole is Mike Thibault of N. Haven. Directly in front of him is Terry Wisser, and to the left of center with tan shorts and white shirt is Johnny Barlow, 16, of Eastford. Howard Budd photo. Team photo above includes: Far left, Paul Woronik of Salem, trip organizer. White shirt in front: Terry Wisser of Schroon Lake, N.Y., the Nehemiah Network eastern US coordinator. Team photo by Linda Adcock of Ashford.
Bond forged
between
Quiet
Corner,
El Salvador
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
As concrete poured into the forms, relationships were cemented between the Quiet Corner and a small town in El Salvador.
In a trip coordinated by Nehemiah Network, five people from Eastford, three from Ashford, one from E. Woodstock and one from Pomfret joined 13 other folks from Connecticut and New York to support the Word of Life Bible Camp near La Libertad, El Salvador.
Howard Budd of Eastford and his two children Julia Buddy, 16 and Hayden Budd, 14, were among the ministry members.
The group spent Feb. 11 through Feb. 23 in a very hot El Salvador supporting an existing youth camp. They did evangelism outreach ministry in local schools and churches and poured a concrete slab for a basketball court, poured footings for hoop supports and lighting. They also did electrical upgrades and installed new wiring. In addition they did welding and installed steel roof trusses. Budd said a medical clinic was also set up at one of the churches.
Budd said it was 30 degrees in the Quiet Corner when they left. Fourteen hours later they were in El Salvador and it was 110 degrees. Because it was so hot, lighting was rigged up so the crew could mix concrete before sunrise to beat the heat. The days began with Bible devotions at 4:30 to 6 a.m., depending on the agenda for the day.
The camp was somewhat primitive "by our standards," Budd said, but there was a beautiful pool which they all enjoyed after a hard day's work. He said the crew used 74 cubic yards of concrete to create the 50-foot by 80 foot concrete slab.
"The concrete was mixed in a small power mixer which was loaded using five-gallon pails and then the mix was spread using wheelbarrows."
They all ate together family style and many relationships were forged.
While there, the outreach teams went into several local schools and presented the gospel of Jesus Christ to hundreds of students.
Budd said the group did visit a volcano (unfortunately, it was dormant), the city of San Salvador to attend church services, a hardware store, a local bakery, chain restaurants (including Wendy's), the fishing pier and the beach. In addition they ate local food, saw wildlife and visited some of the town hit by the flooding in November. "Bridges are still washed out and evidence of major flooding is still prevalent."