Today we worked to fill the foundation in with sand to ready it for the poured cement floor. 373 wheelbarrows full to be exact, the boys counted!
Personally, I struggled this morning to see the purpose in what I was doing, since I worked all day "landscaping" while others worked on the sand. Smoothing out piles of dirt by hand which could have been done by machine so quickly and effortlessly without really seeing the need to do it in the first place... *mental reminder: This is the third world - manual labour!!!* The part that frustrated me was we didn't even have the proper tools to do it by hand. I certainly understand the curse on the ground of painful toil and the sweat of our brow! :P (But the day did get better!)
One neat thing today was we got to meet the new owners of the house, an elderly couple (he's deaf) and their son will be living with them as well.
We had a lot of fun today as a team. Just please don't mention sand!
The pictures aren't uploading because the internet isn't a fast enough connection for them tonight. Sorry! :(
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