today was a long, productive day.
although, what took 9 hours probably could have taken 3... if i didn't live in rural guatemala. not complaining! i loved every minute of it. not only is it hard & honest work, but it also reminds me how creative, resourceful, and hardworking people can be when they don't have other options.
the day's project was to lay a 16x14 ft cement foundation for the new playground. the day consisted of shoveling truckloads of sand and rock, mixing cement, walking 5 gallon buckets of water to fill burn barrels, and driving back and forth doing it all over again several times.
by 5:00 we had finished. we hired a couple guys to stay on the jobsite (all night) to make sure no kids mess with anything until it dries. tomorrow do the finishing touches, and hopefully by the end of the week we'll have a new, huge, amazing playground for the kids of Buena Vista.
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