Today is Friday so it is the last workday of the week. Due to the heavy rains last night there was a lot of water pooled on the roof on which we are doing our construction. Although it remains hot, it was overcast and there was a light breeze so working conditions were tolerable. Our crew continues to lay bricks. We are about to the point of having to get up on the scaffolds to continue.
When we arrived this morning the nuns had set out fresh pastries and fruit. During this morning’s break they saw my iPad and asked to see pictures. I showed them pictures from Cairo, Ethiopia, Cuba, the Congo and Laos. I think that if I hadn’t told them I had to get back to work I would have been there all day.
It was quiet at the school today because we ate lunch at their other facility, the larger school, that also has a soup kitchen that feeds some street people, kids and adults. The lunch there was not as elaborate as what we have had the rest of the week but it was good. There was chicken, a rice mix, vegetables and a special desert made by one of the nuns. We also toured the school and met with some of the teachers. It is obvious that the Mother Superior runs a tight ship.
Our group in the courtyard of the secondary school.
Look at this! This was prepared and set out for us at the end of the work day along with fruit and drinks.