Day 5 – I love a rainy day…

By Jake and his peeps...

Day 5 started with a good breakfast consisting of cereal and muffins. Everyone was exhausted from St Patty’s Day celebration. The weather was a bit overcast so everyone was ready to get their raincoats. (except that no one except Coleen and Michelle brought them to the worksite…) The shoveling was accomplished the day before. Today we had to install the rebars.

Carrying the bars...

Jesse, Sarah and Nat tying up the rebar...

It was a very exciting day as we got to work with the local students again. Although there was a language barrier, we could all tell by our smiles that we were all happy to be there. Today was nice because it wasn’t as hot as the previous days. It was not as hard of work but still as important.




Jack, TJ and I got a chance to take a break and play some football with the local kids who were helping out on the worksite. Lunch was another delicious meal and we were all reenergized for an afternoon of work. We worked overtime to finish the rebar and listened to 50 Cent all afternoon. We squished into the smelly van (actually wasn’t smelly until we go into it), ready to go home, when Bamban took us on a surprise tour around San Juan.

We had a great dinner together and shared our laughs about the day. We spent the evening with a German exchange student, Till, that we met on the build and then had a great night’s sleep!