Team Folsom - July 2007

Day 4

Sorry no fancy Spanish introduction like my El Wifo yesterday :-)

Today was our first official work day, albeit a shorter version of whats to come. We started the day with another great breakfast from Guadalupe that consisted of eggs, beans, avocados, tortillas, cheese (can't remember the name of it) and some fried bananas with sour cream on top. After breakfast we packed up and headed off to the work site.

Once we got to the site we were introduced to the other workers on site and were assigned to our foreman Josue (pronounced ho-sway). I am sure that he drew the short straw at the morning staff meeting to be assigned to us. Our job for the day was to mix and pour concrete for the outdoor patio for house #1. At this point I would like to give a big THANK YOU to the first Folsom team that came down for breaking the cement mixer! Because of your thoughtful actions we now have to mix all of the concrete by hand or more accurately one shovel full at a time. Can we please take up a special cement mixer offering?!?!

We all were very happy when the lunch bus arrived. We painfully walked to lunch and by the time we had sat down with our sandwiches the other workers had eaten and were already starting their lunchtime football (aka soccer) match. Daniel (Alfredo's son) and Zach joined in the game and we had a great time watching and eating. During lunch a heavy cloud cover rolled in and was providing some great shade for us. Unfortunately as soon as Chuck and I picked up the shovels the clouds broke right above us and the sweat was back on.

We cleaned up early for the VBS kids that were arriving. Denise and Chuck planned out a great skit and activities the night before. The best part of the skit was the rubbing of the refried beans into Zach's eyes (see Juan 9 for the full story) and the little ones got a good laugh out of it as well. After the skit the kids had a great time coloring some bible story pictures. We packed up the VBS and hopped on the bus with the kids and dropped them off on the way back to the apartment.

We all have showered (Chuck was really smelly!) and are looking forward to having a dinner of Naga Tamales and relaxing for the rest of the evening.

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