Tuesday

Russ, Mark, and Tom pause to take a picture with Pablo and Maria, and their children. Jose 

Filling bags with dirt from the back of a pickup. Bags of dirt were then hand carried down to the house construction site - it will be used to make mud bricks for the walls. 

Brother Diego works on crafts with children.

Today, our mission team continued to work on the two construction projects we started yesterday. The “Pipe-Lay’n Mountain Climbers,” transported and emplaced cinder blocks in order to build a water basin for the family up on a hill. The dig team continued to dig and work on the foundation of a family’s new home. Those that did not go to out to the two different construction sites stayed at the 'Casa Guadalupe' home in order to assist the Friars with a program they run for children every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 

Mark (left), the cement mixer.

Jose Antonio (left) works with Tom (middle) and Russ to build a water basin.

After running the water pipe up to the top of the hill (yesterday), today's project consisted of building a water basin for Pablo's family. In Honduras, running water is intermittent, therefore families require basins in order to collect water for cooking, cleaning, etc throughout the day. 

Rick carries a bag of dirt from the back of a pickup truck at the top of a hill, down to the house construction site. 

House construction site.

Jim (left), Father Felix, and Allen (Right) pause for a break to drink water and pepsi from a plastic bag. The local family generously shared their 2-Liter bottle of pepsi-cola with us by passing out plastic sandwich bags and sharing their little wealth.

Charlene building crafts and coloring with the children at Casa Guadalupe.