Work Day #2

Our second work day kept us busy straight from 8 this morning to 11 tonight (including driving to sites). We worked first in the town Futuro where we were divided into three groups.  THe guys rebuilt the front wall (plywood) of a small home. Another group painted the front patio area and gate of a home, and the last group painted two front rooms of a widow's home. Made of cement blocks, the rooms which will be bedrooms were Christmas presents to two of the five children living there.

After our work there (well, the guys had to stay longer on their task), we went on to the "finca" to have our second day of Bible school with neighborhood children. Games, songs, lessons, and crafts--all in Spanish, of course.

Then we had "casado" for supper--your choice of fish, beef, or chicken with rice and black beans and arracache and plantains--before returning to finishing our painting job from yesterday.

Everyone came home quite tired, a bit scented and stained with oil paint and paint thinner, but very content and with a sense of accomplishment.