Day 6, The End is Near

Day 6 already.  We are looking at our second to last work day, and it is still very, very hot and humid.  Once again, the walls reached higher, and the holes were dug deeper. 

 

We connected even more with the people living in the community, and the masons and families on our sites.  As with everything, relationships are made, then broken, but memories and pride can last much longer.

 

This is one group, at one of the houses we have been working on all week.

 

This is the other group that we had working at the other site.

This is a tool to pound the earth to pack it in that has been going on at one of the houses as dirt is filled in the house. 

We mixed the cement on the street with a hose and a shovel, and worked on filling the cinderblocks as the walls were built up.

This is the hole we keep digging, and digging, and digging.  Tomorrow it will be done...

 

Flory's flowers.

Today was not a full day of work.  In the afternoon, we gathered some people from the community from young to old, and played a game of soccer.  We had a few of the people from the community we are building, our interpreter/guide, a mason, and a bunch of our group out playing.  The thing that was so remarkable to me was that playing soccer, there was no language barrier, just everyone out there having fun.

 

This is Pepe, a neighbor of one of the houses we are building.  He was pretty good for his size, and kept running all day.

 

 

Those that chose not to participate in the activity side, were very active, and we had fans and a cheering section.

 

Anthony and I were on the same team.  When we asked Pepe on the field what team he was on, he said ours.  Then the next play, he took the ball and scooted right by us.  Anthony is being a fatherly figure, and a true Italian (notice the hands when speaking) about Pepe's conduct.

We also had someone try something new today.  Dan "hurt" his hamstring... most likely getting out of work tomorrow, or at least limited work.  Kudos to you on your creative excuse for getting an easy day tomorrow!