Breakfast All-American style (sort of) with cereal and warm goat's milk - Mrs. Bagley calls it "fresh squeezed". Most of the kids have their cereal dry - go figure...
A third of the group returned to the house in the village to continue the project and the remainder stayed at the school to assist with the masonry work on footings and walls, desk rebuilds, welding projects, and Bible school,
Major progress was made on the house with even more siding replacement than anticipated. The crew deserves major kudos for making the 2 mile round trip - twice - and getting so much work done. Stories were shared at dinner about the family kids pitching in with the work, other village kids going into the jungle and returning with fresh mangos for the team, and the tearful appreciation of the single Mom.
Bible school had their biggest day with nearly 200 kids from the area villages. Taylor's team did an incredible job with what could be best described as controlled chaos. The laughter of young people was at its highest point of the week and the memories made will always be treasured I'm sure.
Since we are 90% young ladies it has been impressive to watch them tackle tasks that would routinely go to the boys. Sunni welding, Sara Beth carrying five gallon buckets of water, Taylor handling a whellbarrow full of gravel, and most all of them mixing concrete by hand at some point - has given me yet another reason to be extremely proud to be here with them. The 6 young men have certainly pulled more than their share of the heavy work. (Oh, to be young) All this work while interacting with the ever-present Domincan youngters make the efforts even more special.
Lunch was a cold pasta & chicken salad and dinner was a banana pancake (that's what I'll call it - their word is just too hard). Trying to explain "breakfast for dinner" to my new Domincan amigos was almost as funny as the conversation of "lefty-loosy"; "righty-tighty" when trying to explain the nuances of bolt tightening.
English class tonight was about telling time - some of the natives just shake their heads when we explain that 2:45 is the same as 15 till, or 15 before, or quarter till. But they truly appreciate the interaction with Americans and Andrea Bagley did a great job leading the class.
A late meeting and small group time (we do this every night to share stories and pray together) finshes our day and once again, bedtime comes easy.
Hasta manana!
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