This morning we were served a typical Nicaraguan breakfast which consisted of rice, potatoes, cornmeal and pork mixed all together and then wrapped in a banana leaf. This was then boiled for 12 hours. It was spicy and delicious.
Arrived at the build site where we divided into Team Paulie and Team Tony. Team Paulie definitely has the "spa site"...lots of shade, lots of room to move around when working, all surrounded by lovely corn and sugar cane fields. Our architect, Claudio, was on site, and made good use of his eager volunteers. He speaks very good English. The first two rows of blocks were already laid. While Gerry and Barry helped in laying more rows of blocks along with the mason, the rest of us broke into groups. Some mixed concrete, some sorted blocks, some chiseled to make "U" blocks, some filled mortar. The day moved along quickly and we were all happy to see the outcome of our efforts...walls growing higher!
The most rewarding part of today was being on the build site with our family. Rafael and Rosa worked along side us while their children, Fernando, Francis and Fabiola played on the jungle gym (a.k.a. the huge pile of blocks). In no time, their cousins came to play after news got out there was candy to be had. There is nothing more amazing than giving a small kid candy and watching their face light up like you just gave them a piece of gold! The other amazing part of today was giving our leftovers to the family. I know that most of us cannot fathom this idea. We were well fed at lunch and had lots of leftovers and we couldn´t throw them out. We sorted our rice, potatoes, pork and corn into containers. We gave it to Rosa and her face lit up. We´ll just end this post with that thought.
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