LONDON Trip Begins

Wednesday, April 5, was a day of manual labor for us.  We went to an "Estate" which is like an apartment complex in which some of the apartments are government subsidized and other apartments are owned.  One British missionary, Mark, who our missionaries work with lives there and is trying to plant a church.
The aim was to plant a flower garden.  There were 2 triangular areas in which we worked.  Both soil and compost material were delivered to the complex and some plants were bought.  Some of the men worked with wheel barrows to deliver the dirt to the triangles and others in our group and some from the complex used spades and pitch forks to mix and smooth out the soil.  Once all the dirt had been put in the triangles we began planting the various plants.  Officials from the complex supervised while we and some of the complex residents dug holes, put the plants in and filled the areas around the plants with soil.
Besides the planting, we were to talk with residents.    One of the residents that Richard and I talked with was a Syrian lady and some of her 5 children.  I gave her a tract in Arabic and prayed that God would use our encounter to bring spiritual awareness to her.
At the end of our day, we were all tired and ready for bed.