Team Guatemala 2012 Wednesday

Wednesday

Today we get to go into the field and do some construction. Our team raised money to pay for a large greenhouse here at Hope of Life. they are not going to be starting another one here soon but we got to work on the ones that are currently being constructed.

Will, Zac, Meghan, Tessa, Foster, Sam, Aaron, and I went down to the greenhouses to work today. We met Luis, our interpreter from Nicaraga. He speaks very good english and we learned quite a bit of spanish while working. We were to dig a trench for a water pipeline to the 10 greenhouses on the left side of the compound. The right ten already had a pipeline going to it. the digging was tough. Apparently they don't have just soil here. Most of it comes with tons of rocks in it. Aaron was voted MVP (most valuable picker) for the morning. Foster however grabbed the title in the afternoon.

The other group - Sarah, Rick, and the team from Washington went into the Village of Hope that has sprung up near the small greenhouses and the chickenhouse near the entrance to Hope of Life. This summer there were a few houses along this dirt road. Now there are houses completely up and down the road, plus a church, and more houses on the way. Carlos is also planning another set of houses in the nearby field. The construction crew got to work with the guys here to build another house. Actually it was almost finished but still need the floor to be leveled and the attached bathroom to be built. They worked hard today to get those both close to completion.

Terri, Natalie, and Joanne went to work some more at the warehouse. I'm not sure where all that stuff comes from but they just keep pulling it out of somewhere. they also were asked to start working more food bags for another food distribution.

Amanda was on our injured reserve list. Apparently something wasn't sitting right and she was completely wiped out most of the day. She is back up and going strong however tonight.

Tonight we treated the entire orphanage and nannies and some of the workers to dinner from Pollo Compero (guatemala's KFC) They LOVED it. After dinner, Terri lead us in devotions. All in all, a very tiring but satisfying day. Tomorrow - more construction and food bags!