Day 2

our first work day was saturday...10/18...i woke up @ about 630am because breakfast was @ 7am...they made breakfast for us @ the compound.

(^the Prayer Tower across the "street" from our Bungalow^)

we left the compound @ about 815am and made the journey to the worksite, which i must say was rather rough. the roads weren't really paved and we had to put the 4Runner into 4-Wheel drive. i totally thought that was kool, it felt like i was in a side car of a quad. we couldn't make it up the hill because it was all mud and so we had to walk but that was okay...we were there!! we were in Guatemala and still none of us could believe it!! as soon as John made his way up to the school we learned what it was we would be doing throughout the week and we started straight away

our first task, as a group, was to extend the rebar towers that already existed. cutting wire and twisting wire consumed most of the day. after we were finished John gave me the job of making grooves in the wet concrete of the new walls. midway through my first wall something happened that will not be spoken of EVER again! not even here.

after i was dismissed from my station, Lisa & i were shown how to sift sand - we had to sift so they could use the dirt to mix w. the concrete in order to make mortar...every little thing adds up to make something big!...the sifting of sand was a bit tedious, it hurt my shoulder and i kinda couldn't take too much of it. Lisa & i went back upstairs to find out what else we could do, John said we could continue to make grooves because outside of sifting sand & grooves there was really nothing else for us to do

we opted to do the grooves and finished out our day, in the rain, @ about 5pm...man did i get burnt but guess what...we didnt see a single ray of sun!?!? we got back to the compound @ about 6pm, dinner was @ 7pm and after dinner we went to the guys bungalow to watch the Rays vs. Red Sox game by the 4th inning i was dozing off and TOTALLY ready for bed! we left and went back to our place...i was laying in bed reading my Bible and i dozed off w. it on my stomach...i woke up, put it on my desk, turned my light of, my music on and CRASHED!

there it is...day two of my Guatemala experience. day three comes tomorrow...hope ur ready! ;)

~Kali