Today was our third day of work in Chacacal. Yesterday was
much cooler we were expecting rain, but it never came. Today it was just hot.
It was probably in the low 90’s, but we don’t have a thermometer so we will
just pretend.
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| Coloring with Chris |
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| Pour the floor for the pigs |
Each time we construct an animal pen, we begin by leveling
the ground. This includes much swinging of the pick, much shoveling, pounding
the ground flat. Their “pounding stick” is great. It is about an eighteen inch
piece of a heavy log on the end of three inch stick. It weighs probably
twenty-five pounds and does a remarkably good job. Michael Capshaw and Michael
Buckles were the kings of the heavy work again today. They did the majority of
the leveling. Then, they each made five trips up a steep hill carrying sand for
pouring concrete for the floor of the pig sty. Each bag contained two five
gallon buckets of sand.
Al worked in Maravillas. We did not see him at all today. I
feel bad that he has not been with us as much.
We finished up the electrical today. Michael Buckles says I
have to work on the trench because I did not properly pack it in like where
they leveled the ground for the pens. Therefore, I will have to pack the dirt
in my trench before we leave.
At the end of the day, Michael and Michael played a game of soccer with the young men.
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| Glow Sticks |
The highlight of the night was giving the kids glow sticks.
Michael Buckles’ daughters insisted that he bring enough glow sticks for all
the kids. Even the adults were fascinated by the glow sticks. One person asked
if they had an on and off switch. Another asked how long they would last and
were disappointed when we said less than a day. Even the ladies who have been
cooking for us enjoyed receiving them. A side story: Michael B. was telling the
lady who prepared his taxes about the trip to Chiapas. She gave him $50 to
purchase the glow sticks. She will never know how her generosity touched the
lives of so many young and old in Chacacal.
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