Last week we poured the foundation for house number 4! There was no rain those days, thats for certain! There were not even any clouds to block the blistering sun yet the humidity remained in full force. One of the interns here, Andy, had his father and two brothers visit. They were our team in the construction of the 4th home. One day was so hot that the team of 3 guys working on the walls only got one wall completed. Well, this was also because our place for building was so cramped, now that the other three houses are there, that the only place to build was on the foundation. While the "wall" was being built, I helped some of the other guys with the stucco on house 3. Learning how to mix stucco on the inside of the concrete home and then apply it to the styrofoam surface was new. On our final day of construction we were cramming to build two walls at the same time on the same foundation (16'x20'). Unfortunately for me, while pounding a steel stud onto a channel The stud slipped quickly into place and I punctured the base of the palm of my hand. Luckily it was sharp and a clean cut so it has been healing without stiches. (Heather can whip up quite the field dressing for wounds). Heather and the kids had come along to join Debbie and her kids in ministering to some of the local children and making lunch for the whole construction crew. They walked down by the river and later sat in the shade by the creek. Well maybe it isn't really a creek but an open sewer but either way it was liquid flowing over land!
We did manage to get the walls up and ready for the guys in San Juan Bautista to finish the construction. They are stuccoing that house now. That was a week of true blood and sweat work!
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