Today was a very productive work day for all of us!!
Val, Fred and Paula went with Tom from Bay Pres to work on a Habitat for Humanity house that is within a (steep) walking distance from our hotel. There was a lot of shoveling of dirt to level one room in the 20x20 house and mixing of concrete and carrying buckets of concrete to pour down into the walls for support.
We also met Jose, the son of Elvira who is the owner of the house. Elvira was hard at work alongside the block layers building her house. Her son Jose watched as we worked and offered much needed relief for us because we had the opportunity to teach him how to play baseball with a ball that Fred brought and a bat we made out of a banana stalk. (Fruit is very plentiful here....mango, and bananas grow alongside the roadways and so do oranges and papya. All very delicious!) Jose enjoyed learning about baseball and we had a chance to all laugh together as we played.
The other half of our group which included Tracy, took a bus ride to Tsibaj to check on two Living Waters for the World systems located at two schools to make minor repairs and adjustments. They also performed some water tests and will be returning later in the week to tweak the systems a little bit more. The systems are being fully utilized by the people. And other people have mentioned that they would also like to get a system installed. The need is great and the people know that we are here to help.
We met Christina who is from the Peace Corp this evening. She is going to be our translator for the group that will be returning to the Habitat house tomorrow.
Buenos Noches.
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