Today began with a wonderful breakfast, including the best fresh fruit! Then Maximo explained that our goal was to make 50 panels for the 2 homes by 4:15 in the afternoon...We are able to make the panels right here at the place where we are staying, so we started right after breakfast. Tomorrow we will go to the place where the houses are actually being built and we will get to meet the families.
There was a bit of chaos as we first began the work of figuring out who was in each group and how to actually assembly the panels made of cement board and wood. We did have to make sure that family members were not together in the groups for the construction. After about an hour, what Maximo said would happen did....we were all in our groups and work was progressing along so well. There was even a little friendly competition between the family members. I think it really spurred us on to do well.
It was HOT, HOT, HOT as we worked today! We all worked to be sure we were hydrated and healthy. Many of us doused ourselves with cold water at lunchtime to cool off!
Not sure how many panels we actually got finished, but it was not quite the goal of 50. We will finish them tomorrow. We did stop working at about 5 P. M. and all headed to the beach. It is the Pacific Ocean and the beach is beautiful and the waves were incredible! We had a lot of fun playing in the waves and saw a wonderful sunset!
Right now we are waiting for dinner to begin. We are all so grateful to be here in this wonderful place.
Some of us at the garden behind the restaurant where we ate dinner.
A fruit stand on the way from San Jose to Las Delicias
Working monday on panels.
The first team to complete a panel with windows.
On the beach after our first workday.
...And the sunsets on our first fantastic day in Costa Rica.
