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For us, the interaction with the family and workers provided the most joy during the day. Olivia, Taylor, and Nate spent much o
f our lunch break joking around with the girls, who began referring to the girls as "amigas". Fred was having an awesome time setting up pictures for the nude baby doll which had been drawn on, and everyone found that so funny. The girls were also picking out which guys were their "novios," or boyfriends, identifying us by our shirts. Once Fred was done, some of the workers started taking some pictures with the baby doll too. Once our work was done, we hung out with the girls and the workers waiting for our ride. We shared candy and kicked a soccer ball around with them. The kids are absolutely adorable, and, although initially shy, they're now getting along with us greatly. I still don't interact with them as much as some of the other people, so I'm going to need to fix that. They're so joyful and happy, so I'm sure it'll be a fun time. I get along much better with the workers. Fernando said that we'd be playing soccer on Thursday after work, and I'm more than moderately excited for that.
Once we left the site, we came back and cleaned up. Our group then met back up and put Patrick on the hot seat. We talked about what we had witnessed at the work site. Several of us commented on the kids' happiness, while others mentioned the conditions that the family lived in. Fred then asked us about what spiritual message we noticed from our work. Most of our comments focused on the relationships of the people. Our evening ended with dinner at an Irish pub, which had an awesome mix of music. We recognized a lot of the songs, including "Centerfold," "All Summer Long," "I Love Rock an
d Roll," and "Black and Yellow." The food was pretty good too, but I'm the only one who cleaned the plate, finishing my steak sandwich and fries. Nate also showed us why experience matters. He told us so.
So today was a fairly awesome day. I was still sore from yesterday, but eggs for breakfast hit the spot. Unfortunately, I messed up the handshake with Juan Jose (I just did the handshake and forgot the fist pound. I left him hanging. Sad story). Everyone at the house was glad to see us. We were filling in cracks between cinder blocks for most of the morning. I think I'm actually decent at it. We spent the afternoon filling more cracks, filling a layer with cement, and setting up the scaffolding for tomorrow's work.
For us, the interaction with the family and workers provided the most joy during the day. Olivia, Taylor, and Nate spent much o
f our lunch break joking around with the girls, who began referring to the girls as "amigas". Fred was having an awesome time setting up pictures for the nude baby doll which had been drawn on, and everyone found that so funny. The girls were also picking out which guys were their "novios," or boyfriends, identifying us by our shirts. Once Fred was done, some of the workers started taking some pictures with the baby doll too. Once our work was done, we hung out with the girls and the workers waiting for our ride. We shared candy and kicked a soccer ball around with them. The kids are absolutely adorable, and, although initially shy, they're now getting along with us greatly. I still don't interact with them as much as some of the other people, so I'm going to need to fix that. They're so joyful and happy, so I'm sure it'll be a fun time. I get along much better with the workers. Fernando said that we'd be playing soccer on Thursday after work, and I'm more than moderately excited for that.Once we left the site, we came back and cleaned up. Our group then met back up and put Patrick on the hot seat. We talked about what we had witnessed at the work site. Several of us commented on the kids' happiness, while others mentioned the conditions that the family lived in. Fred then asked us about what spiritual message we noticed from our work. Most of our comments focused on the relationships of the people. Our evening ended with dinner at an Irish pub, which had an awesome mix of music. We recognized a lot of the songs, including "Centerfold," "All Summer Long," "I Love Rock an
d Roll," and "Black and Yellow." The food was pretty good too, but I'm the only one who cleaned the plate, finishing my steak sandwich and fries. Nate also showed us why experience matters. He told us so.Tomorrow should be a good day. I'm excited to hang out with the workers and kids again. The work isn't terribly pleasant, but today I'm not nearly as sore as yesterday. We have to be up at 7:30 again tomorrow. That's just under 10 hours away now. It's 9:30 now, but I'm already tired. I'll just write in my journal and catch up on some stuff from home.
Izzi "Can You Dump It?" Hernandez-Cruz
Ugly babies do exist.
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