Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Last night, the food ladies talked to us about how things were going.  We had been just a little short of food on a couple of meals, so I let them know that just a little more food would be great.  This morning was the first meal after our talk . . . clearly more food than we could eat!  We are being treated quite well in the food department!

At the jobsite, we started off by working on removing dirt from the hillside.  More boulders to uncover, and dirt to haul to the back of the retaining wall in buckets.  We actually got to the point where they said “stop digging!”  We thought that signaled a move to an easier job – which of course turned out to be a foolish assumption!

We packed sand and gravel about 150 feet to the mixing location in the middle of the driveway.  There we mixed concrete by hand to fill the footing of the retaining wall that is being built.  Two and a half hours later we had it complete!  It was very satisfying to complete the project, but once again, we are pretty tired.  Our only issue was dealing with a neighbor who had partaken of way too much rum in the morning.  Our sponsors let him stick around and work.  They said the more he worked with us, the faster the alcohol would wear off.  He wasn’t a particular problem to us.  He was just a problem to himself.  But on the bright side, he gave several of us a big hug before he left for the day!

We were covered in concrete and when we got back to our home at the church, those cold showers still felt pretty good tonight!

The food ladies branched out a little tonight and fed us breadfruit, beans and rice, stir-fried vegetables, fish, chicken, salad and fruit punch.  Life is good!