Sunday, 11 March 2012

More And More Concrete

Completely covered in dust and concrete, we barely even noticed the firecrackers being set off in honour of the completion of the soccer/basketball court we built in a week.

We started the week off with a nice relaxing day to the restaurant on the edge of Lake Atitlan, taking some gorgeous pictures and eating the greatest brunch that was ever made. But little did we know what lay ahead. The plan? To lay out half of the soccer/basketball court in a week. The reality? Finished the entire thing easily in a week. We worked blood, sweat and tears from about 9 to 4 every day, and usually by the end of that we were so tired and covered in dust and hardened spots of concrete to care what happened next. Our team has never worked so hard, nor has there been a team that worked harder than our team did this week.

There's no way to single out any one person, because everyone worked to the extent of their abilities. Some even continued to work through some minor injuries and sickness. No lack of encouragement or smiles on that construction site. We mixed concrete, poured concrete, passed bucket after bucket, and just kept on going. Throughout the week, the community joined us and helped complete the court. We didn't build it FOR them, we built it WITH them.

It was a great week full of hard work, concrete burns, bug bites, and the satisfaction of completing an entire soccer field. In the words of Luis (a translator/worker with Solomon's Porch), "They work, they funny, they strong...it's good.”


-Kaycie

Adam

Ally

Beth

Carlie

Carly

Cayenne

Christina

Clara
Danielle

David

Dom

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