It Rained, It Poured And We Dug Some More!

Monday night we went to bed listening to a heavy rain storm, assuming things would clear up by morning.  Well, 7:15am came and it was time for us to walk down to the group home for breakfast and it was still raining, though not nearly as hard.  It was more of a refreshing mist, but due to the heavy rains all night we decided to take the long route to the house instead of trying the rather steep steps that would be quite slippery after the rain.  Monday, the group home had run out of gas and wasn't able to brew coffee but this morning we had 2 pots waiting for us, along with hard boiled eggs, some kind of sausage and some mangoo (a dish that is very popular down here).  The coffee was a great boost of energy and a nice way to start the morning!  After 2 cups, I felt ready to conquer the world - or at least some more trench digging.  

And that's how we spent most of the morning.  Four of the guys went to do some painting and carpentry work at the current preschool/church facility (building a picket fence to keep the kids away from the barbed wire fence) and the rest of us used pick axes and shovels to continue work on the trenches that will be the foundation for the walls.  We're planning to dig down about 1 meter and so far we're almost 1 foot everywhere and close to 2 feet in some places.  Working in the shade had the benefit of staying cooler, but the dirt (clay) there hadn't dried out so it was twice as hard to pick and dig.

After lunch, Kristin, Hannah, Ashley and myself walked back to the current preschool/church to sketch out 2 drawings that they want us to pain on the front wall surrounding the complex.  The building was locked so we weren't able to start painting it yet but we got everything sketched out and ready for painting later this week. 

The rest of the day will be filled with more digging, then heading back to to the seminary (and another round of basketball with our neighbors down the hill. They already told us they'd be ready by 5pm for us to play with them!)