Today's task was to complete the foundation at all three sites in preparation for laying bricks tomorrow. This was no easy task! It required much work, making rebar and mixing and pouring cement. The recipe for cement is 6 buckets of sand, 9 buckets of gravel, two bags of cement and a lot of muscle!
In order for the entire Habitat team to enjoy lunch together, we all pulled together to complete the task at all three sites. While one team finished early, the other two were struggling to finish. With an amazing show of teamwork, they split up and joined the other teams to finish the job on time.
Mixing the cement
A Habitat tradition of placing a loonie in the foundation
Group number 1 had the joy of being able to make tortillas with the host family
Rita has a way with children
The families's nephew hard at work helping the team
After a hard day's work the Habitat Nicaragua team thought it would be a nice idea to show us some of the beauties of Estelí. After a short drive and a bit of a hike, we arrived at the hidden waterfall, nestled in the hills surrounding Estelí. The frigid water, that reminded us of Canada was extremely refreshing after such a long, exhausting day of work.
The team relaxing at the waterfall
Thoughts on the Day:
"It was a very hard and exhausting day, and by theend of the day, you had great satisfaction in terms of helping those that are less fortunate than you are." -Stafford
"There is no feeling like when worlds come together and become team Habitat." -Gerry
"Its true that Nicaragua does have hot water." -JM
"The sense that knowing that you are doing something so great for someone else was so visible today when we got to the site and all the children ran to our bus to welcome us back." -Sue
"Duct tape can fix anything." -Cheryl
Stafford's new shoes
The foundation is set and we are ready for day three!
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