Friday, May 16, 2014

Amazing Race, Hard Work, Mud, and Lots of Rain!


Yesterday afternoon and this morning have been tiring but rewarding work days. After the Amazing Race, we divided ourselves up between the rope group, the paint group, and the concrete group. The rope group worked hard making the web up to the slide. The paint group painted the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classroom, this required a lot of attention to detail. The concrete group mixed different materials together to make concrete for a courtyard. It took about 4 hours to make the concrete and it was only enough to fill about 3/4 of the courtyard. Shoveling rocks, sand and concrete took a lot of muscle power and we were all sore the next day.
Last night, after all the work, we lost complete focus as the rain drifted in. Once there was mud on the soccer field, a few of us slip and slid through the puddle on our stomachs. Our clothes now are still wet and covered in dirt. Soon we started a soccer game with our Costa Rican friends. The two teams battled through the torrential rain and we're still not sure who won, it was so intense. Once everyone was soaked through, we slogged back to our home-stays.
When everyone woke up today, we could still here the rain pounding on our roofs. There was so much rain that we couldn't start our service projects until a half hour later than usual. With our bellies full of the amazing Costa Rican food, we all made our ways to the school. By 9:30 we were all working hard again, finishing painting, concrete making, and rope tying like the day before. By the end of the day we were sad to leave our friends in Paraiso but excited to go zip-lining, which we're going to do now. See you in two days...
-Bloem and Mason











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