We got a lot of work done before lunch. The walls are going up and it's really starting to look like a building. It's very satisfying to be able to walk through the site and say "That's an office, that's a meeting room, that's where the parking will be."
We've started every day on the work site with what's become a morning ritual - erecting a large tent for shade and shelter. Today, we were very glad for it. No sooner had we gotten back from lunch than the sky started rumbling. We all gathered in the vicinity of the tent as a few raindrops started falling, and then we all dashed under the tent as the sky opened up and let loose. There were rivers running through the worksite and all of us were trying to stay dry under one tent.
Not a group to let such an opportunity go by, our kids were enthusiastically practicing all their favorite camp songs under the tent. The Guatemalan workers were very amused by us.
When it was time to go visit the children, we actually rode in the van for the short trip, just to try to stay a little bit dry. They were able to open up the common room of the school for us and rain or no rain, we had 22 kids come to play. It was lots of fun making mariposas (butterflies) and bead creations. We also turned them loose with a bunch of balloons and of course, they did what children always do with balloons. There were smiles everywhere.
No work got done this afternoon because of the rain and we came back to the river house right after we were done playing with the kids. Dinner was yummy (they feed us well here) and the rain stopped in time for a local family to come by with more Guatemalan handicrafts for sale. It was nice to be able to browse in a more relaxed setting.
