Tonight after reflection we celebrated the 4 students who have birthdays this week. How cool, that 4 teens would choose to sacrifice their birthday celebrations for a week of service! Because we are enjoying each other's company, the blog will be brief tonight (and written by Kelsey). :)
Today we had the opportunity to pour the 2nd half of the floor at the same location as yesterday. Cement is one of the best parts of Esperanza! I love stepping back and watching all of it happen. Each person is integral to the success and once the cement mixer turns off after 2.5 hours of non-stop work, the reward of seeing a floor is one of the best feelings! When I say non-stop work, I mean non-stop work. One of my jobs today was to run water to all of the students as they quickly drank some water and continued with their work. Talk about hard, dedicated workers! It was a joy and inspiration to work along side these amazing students today (and this whole week!).
Here is a video from today (similar to yesterdays) of some of the boys loading the cement mixer. (Unfortunately the blog won't let me upload videos over 20 seconds.) Hopefully this and the pictures helps you understand the incredible thing that is an Esperanza Cement Day! There is nothing else like it!
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| Nerissa getting her hair done before work by one of the women of the community. :) |
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| Cement pour reflections. |
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| Dyllan adding the cement to the mix. |
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| Mom and daughter working hard! |
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| Preparing the sand for the mix. |
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| Passing buckets. Making a floor! |
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| Loading the mixer. |
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| Sacred Heart and St. Mike's. An incredible group of people! An amazing group to work with all week. |
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| Our hardworking group with our finished floor! |
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