Ok so today finally arrived and we arrived at the site at 8 and after a brief devotion we went to work on the houses. I was supposed to be assigned to house no. 13, but they asked me be a translator between the local masons working on the house and the volunteers. Turns out very few volunteers speak Spanish. We put up cinder block walls and it looks like we may get to put the roof on tomorrow.
Millard announced that the next Blitz Build will be held in Sept 2009 in Lannett AL in the Chatahoochie Valley where 6 houses will be built. It will also be the Fuller´s 50th wedding anniversary so it will indeed be a very special ocassion.
Eating luch and dinner on the site proved to be very workable and the food was very good. The meals were catered and brought into the site by truck.
One of the masons Jose Ricardo and I struck up a conversation and he asked me what I was doing here and if I was getting paid to work on the site. I told him I was here to build with the Fuller Center and he said why did I come all the way from the US to spend a week in El Salvador to build without getting paid. Not sure what to say, I responded that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ and that we must do what we can to help each other. He seemed very moved by the response. After lunch when he returned he opened his bag and said this is for you, producing a coconut as a gift for me. I´m not sure what to do with it but we are no longer strangers.
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Great story, Dougie! If you're good, you'll be able to drive a straw right into that coconuts center...
Have a great build day today!
Ryan
Thanks Figs. Trying to recruit riders for next year´s adventure. I spoke with a woman who was interested. I gave her your email address and Margaret took down her contact information.
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