Day Dos

Hey everyone

We had another good day of working. Today we had a little rain and drizzle for most of the day, but that didn't slow us down. One team managed to finish the stucco in the house where they worked yesterday, while the other two teams finished pouring the floor in the two houses where they were working. We then spent the afternoon moving supplies (sand and small rocks) to areas near the two houses where we'll start pouring floors tomorrow.

The neighborhood we are working in is interesting. It's located close to the main city dump, and the houses are actually built on a part of the dump that, once it was totally filled, was covered with dirt. Over time families moved in, building houses of whatever materials they could find--mainly corrugated tin and cardboard. Over the past fifteen years the community has continued to grow--and now there are several hundred families there. While some houses now have cinderblock construction, many are still made of tin, cardboard, or scrap wood.

Most of the families who live in this neigborhood earn their living by working in the dump, picking through the trash and searching for anything that is recycleable, which they then sell. Most of the families live on about 3 dollars a day.

As we continue to work we are focusing on what our Young Life Team Leader Annette calls the three F's: having Fun, being Flexible and, when the unexpected happens, Figuring it out. Thanks for praying for us. More to come tomorrow.