YAY Family

It was so nice to finally see some family today. It fells like it's been forever. Ben, Nikea, Noah, Jag, Cindy and Greg showed up yesterday around 5. Levi was so excited to see his family ( so was i ) that we went and waited by the gate for them. It was pretty good timing cause we only had to wait for about 5 min. before they showed up. I was watching this green van drive by and i could have sworn i saw i white kid through the window but it kept on going. A min. later i see the same green van backing up. Ha i knew i saw a white kid. Anyway we got them and their 50 bags into their place and did our rounds of hugs. Ben and Kea were pretty excited to see everyone so an hour and a half later we were of to the meeting. After the meeting it was time for pizza and beer. Levi and Ben when for the pizza and Greg, Jag and myself took off looking of and open colmado for some beer. It was getting pretty late by then so off to bed we went. Today once they get a little more settled in i think we will head to the beach to meet up with the rest of the congregation. Maybe then i'll get some pics of something other then dirt and blocks. Haha.

Speaking of pics of dirt and blocks, here's some more!

They finally let Laura out of the supply trailer to get her hands dirty.

Filling the gaps between the blocks

The start of the second school.

Time for a juice break. No such thing as Timmies here. All thought i think i prefer the fresh squeezed juice over coffee any day.

I'm telling you there is so much concrete in this wall ( the second school) that it is the first place i'm heading if there is ever and earthquake or hurricane. Nothing is bringing this wall down. At the end of the day we had a lot concrete left so we just started pouring it down holes.

Ok so funny story. My job was to go around and fill any gaps in the blocks with concrete. So the wall to the left is the bathroom and see the two doors facing each other? Well the wall between them was not done yet so i just walked into the bathroom and preceded to do my job. While my back was turned they decided it was time to put up the rest of the wall. When i turned around there was now a wall where there once was not. I asked if could open the door but nope i could not. So i had to get the ladder and climb up the wall and jump off the other side.

The second school and bathrooms are really coming along. It's amazing how fast things seam to be moving now.

YAY levi finally got to do something other then dig a hole, he got to fill a hole. Haha. Yesterday morning levi sat on this wall all morning and dropped little rocks down into the blocks so they wont have to pour so much concrete down them. Yesterday we were trying to use up extra concrete and today we are trying to save it.

This is the start if the platform

Another juice break

Ok so all those little rocks that Levi was dropping down the holes, well it was my job to pick them out of the dirt. So no i am not playing in a sandbox, i really am working.

My rock picking partner

This is what the hall looks like as of noon yesterday.

Oh yeah another funny story. You'll notice that i'm no longer wearing a red hard hat in any of the pictures. Well that is because the only work shirt i have here is bright red (was bright red) and i always wear a red bandanna on my head and i was always given a red hard hat. With the combination of the three everyone one was always telling me how burnt i was getting and constantly telling me to put on more sunscreen. I do where sunscreen but i really don't need to put in on every 10 min. it was just the reflection of all the red making me look like a lobster. Thankfully Laura has stopped giving me red hats.

Any way hope all is well back home and everyone is surviving the cold. Miss you all and feel free to pass this blog on to anyone who is curious as to what we are up to cause trust me we're not just lounging in the sun, haha.