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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Dominican Republic Day 6






We started out the day going to Km43 to check out the cement pour. At least they were using a cement mixer instead of mixing it by hand, but it still had to be thrown up on the roof by hand. "No nonsense Nelvin" jumped right in with throwing the cement up on the roof. Needless to say--he was looking for a replacement in a half hours time. Others helped up on the roof by running the wheelbarrow down the path to the back of the roof, and then smoothing it all out and Duane was pitching sand down below. There really wasn't a good place for the women to help out--so we were mobbed by the kids again. They are always excited to see "The Americanos" arrive. Then around 11:30 we headed over to the other church we worked on, and finished up laying the rest of the blocks. Jan had to check out the facilities there--little less than desireable--haha. Have to chase the geckos out first before you dare to undress. The guys layed the blocks, and the women filled in all the cracks--on the blocks that is. "Lively, lovely, laughing Lora" provided the mud for us so we wouldn't have to get up and down from the scaffolding. Larry befriended a friendly cow that was walking by. The cows don't look all that great here--of course--they aren't a "Hulstein". We then went back to our original church to see the finished cement project, and we took a picture of our group in front of the church along with some of the locals. Then we watched a guy climb a coconut tree, and chopped some down so we could all sample coconut juice. It tasted better than I expected. We picked up some of our tools and the generator, and headed back. Tomorrow we plan to check out a few schools, and not sure what else. Will let you know again tomorrow.

1 comment:

  1. Hi All,

    You guys and gals look like you are having a blast. Jan even makes visiting the "bano" look like fun. Seriously, you smiles pretty much tell the story. Isn't serving God while serving others the best ever? Keep up the awesome work . . . sharing the love of Christ with all you encounter. Only 3 days left, so make the best of it!

    Blessings from a fellow-DeVries Sister (and Sister in Christ), Val

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