Why are we here?

After arriving in this beautiful country and spending the first day and a half resting up and playing tourist, I found myself thinking 'why are we really here'?  Our whole team has been enjoying themselves.  The food has been great, the fellowship amoung the team has been great.  We have had some good devotions together and engaged in some loving discussions over some biblical interpretations and view points.  Yesterday gave me the answer of why we are here.  Our first work day!  Finally doing what we came here for!  After waking up at 5:30 and waiting patiently for breakfast at 8, and then waiting patiently for the camp maintenance guy (Edwin, not to be confused with 'Ed' from our team ;-) to meet us at 9 (which turned to 9:30), we finally gathered up some tools and headed for the boys cabin down in the lower corner of the camp.  Edwin brought us to the first cabin and we all went inside.  It was an interestedly shaped 6-sided 1 room cabin with a tin roof.  Through our interpreter (Adam) we learned that we needed to clean the walls and paint everything.  We then moved down to the very last cabin and went inside.  The shape and layout was the same as the first, but this cabin was in much worse shape.  The floor was sagging and in obvious need of replacement.  We split up into a couple teams and started painting and removing floorboards.  After a long, dirty day of work we packed up our tools and locked up the cabins.  At first I was frustrated by the 'slow' progress we made on the floor.  After all, it took us an entire day to carefully remove the floor boards of only 1 cabin.  We had to be careful because there are not enough new boards to build a new floor.  As we removed each board, Gary painstakingly removed each nail and stacked all the boards in a pile.  Last night, it dawned on me as to why we are here at Camp Roblealto.  God is using the talents of each member of team Spofford, to prepare these cabins so that all the boys that will pass through them will have a clean, safe place to sleep while they play and learn about their Savior, my Savior, our Savior, Jesus Christ.  God knows all about the limited resources of Camp Roblealto.  God knows that the small local maintenance staff has not been able to do the necessary repairs on these cabins for years.  God assembled our team from 2400 miles away and made sure that it contained people with the necessary talents and abilities to meet this very specific need.  So we may not end up working with children or going out and sharing the Gospel with the local people.  But we are doing exactly what God is asking us to do.  To prepare a place for His children to learn about Him.
Why are we here?  Because God wants us here!
Rob