Today was another interesting day.
The Rain came through some of the night, but did not slow out team down this morning.
Once on the site, we got to work on some new and familiar tasks. One team tied rebar in one of the areas we had cleared and leveled the previous day. Another group, got another are ready to put rebar in and cleared rubble from the dinning hall. A third group went to work on the remnant of the wall: A giant rebar reinforced concrete girder, which some construction workers had pulled down after we left yesterday.
Soon we were ready to pour concrete on the rebar, so most of our team moved to that task and brought the sand, gravel, and cement needed. Interestingly, each bag of cement weighs 94 lbs, which is more that several of our team members!
By lunch, we had helped pour half of the concrete pad, and made good progress on our other tasks as well. Lunch and the time with the students was awesome. It is so fun to play with them and to see the light in their eyes. Most of the funding for this school comes through each student having sponsorship (about $35 a month) from foreign families. Don't be surprised if your student asks you about it.
In the Afternoon, we helped finish the pad, finished destroying the concrete girder, & finished most of the footing that we had started on Tuesday.
THe big surprise came when we went to leave the worksite today. The team van, had a flat tire. It took over an hour to fix because of how hard it was to get the old tire off. Some of our team went back in other vehicles, but 4 leaders from our team eventually & triumphantly drove themselves home in the Van which they had fixed.
Great session tonight talking about what God has been teaching us and looking at Luke 10 together.
Hard to believe tomorrow is Friday.
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