Wednesday: Digging trenches and tamping the floors

On Wednesday we had a  special treat for the owner.  It was Benigno's brithday this week and so we stopped on our way to the job site to get a birthday cake.  Later we found out that the group last week also bought him a cake, since it was his birthday last week too.  The owner must know a lot about birthday's since he has 15 children.  We have not met his wife yet, but you have got to shake her hand for having 15 children.

We also bought some cookies to share with the kids and Roy one of the masons.  Roy's nickname is "Cookie Monster" so we thought he would like some cookies.  The rest of the day was digging and moving dirt to prepare for the tile that will go around the whole house.  We also got to help tamp down the sand inside the house to prepare for the tile that will be the floor.

Picture of the owner (Benigno) holding the birthday cake.  The cake was very good and all the kids in the neighborhood got a piece

Pictutre of Jim Hack bringing some cake to the girls watching from the house on the other side of the road

Picture of Christian, Jon and Kathryn.  Christian is one of the kids in the heighborhood and is wanting to constantly play tag and soccer with Kathryn.

Picrture of the whole work crew including the masons (kneeling on left), the owner and his son (middle) and Delilah (far right) our Habitat interpreter.   

Picture of Kathryn and the neighborhood boys digging and moving dirt.  The boys were our main wheel barrow drivers on Wednesday.   One even brought his own wheel barrow to be part of the crew.  We had alot of dirt to move so they were big help.

Picture of the boys sitting in the wheel barrows during a rest break.