October 14

Ohla. !

We left our hotel about 7:15 for the site.  When we arrived we met the family for the first time.  As I said before, it is a Mom, Dad, and three children.  Also on site is a Habitat affiliate, Laura, an architect, and a mason.  A couple of neighbors also came to volunteer.  

Today was the first day of work and did we work!  The jobs today were dig trenches for the foundation, haul big rocks...big rocks!, and carry and stack bricks next to the foundation.  We were suppose to carry gravel to the foundation, but the delivery didn't come.  Oh Darn!:)  We start work around 8, break at 9:30 and lunch at 12 noon clean up the site at 3:30 and head back to the hotel around 4:00.  The lunch today was very good...a Spanich rice...I love rice so it was right up my ally!  We did have one problem today and that was pretty heavy rain in the afternoon.  It interferes with work because they don't want red bricks to be layed wet.  In the end it all worked out.  Our team is a lot of fun and they are all very hard workers.

Everyone was very dirty, a little wet and tired on the way back to the hotel.  However, everyone also was feeling really good about what we accomplished today.  The workers were also very happy with our work. They said that the work we did today would take them a week to get done.  The saying "many hands make light work" and "It takes a village" are both very true :)

It's about 11:15 so I will close and prepare for tomorrow.   Hope everyone is doing well and I will get back to you all tomorrow...:) 


Linda :)