Day 2

Day 2 began with several of us popping the cipro. (no fun). The rest of the crew headed to the construction site to begin hauling 3 yards of of sand (by wheel barrow) and 50 cinder blocks from the street up hill on a dirt/gravel path about 300 yards to the job site.  The neighborhood kids helped (including one young boy carrying TWO 85 lb bags of cement on his back). "The hill was the killer" is the sentiment of the day!

Steve & Diane and Jim got to meet with sponsored children today. Steve & Diane took both families to Polo Compero (like Guatemalan KFC) and Jim got to meet with his daughter Jill's sponsored child. He was able to present them with a solar light. Little did Jim know, that two of the little children in the family are afraid of the dark and cannot fall asleep at night without a light. The mother has been struggling with this issue because she cannot afford to keep the electic light on for them. What a blessing that little light will be to the family.

While Steve, Diane and Jim were off visiting, the rest of the crew finished the forms, tied re-bar and began the slow process of mixing cement (in a pile on the ground) and hoisting it bucket by bucket to the top of the wall to pour the concrete support beam at the top of the wall. Muscles ache that did not exist yesterday, but its a good ache. 

We are heading out for a quick dinner, quick devotional and then everyone will crash early tonight.  We are looking forward to an excursion across the lake to visit another village.