Day Six... We will Rock You!

Sarah's Thoughts...

Wake up call seemed to be earlier than ever, eyelids heavier, and muscles more sore than the day before. When we arrived at the build site, we were shocked to see that one of the locals had stayed overnight at the build site to protect the building supplies. It was interesting to see the true dedication. It was also very nice to learn that we had access to a cement mixer but quickly changed our opinions when we realized what hard work was in store for us.

We picked up our shovels and began to dig. We dug and we dug and we dug even when we couldn’t dig anymore. From throwing the rocks and sand and cement mix into the mixer, to shoveling the cement into the wheel barrel, to dumping buckets of cement into the trenches, under the blistering sun, the team began to feel a little “malo”. Our mime engineer, whom we nicknamed “Mr Bean”, cheered us up with his animated personality.

TJ and Jake resting after carrying all the cement...

Jack filling the wheel barrel...

Jesse and Jack making cement...

Jaysen and Oliver filling the mixer...

Nat and Renee taking their turn shovelling....

TJ's face said it for all of us...This was back breaking work!!!

As the day came to an end, the team was covered in dirt. With cement up the nose, in our hair and in our boots, we headed back to the local school to play a community game of “paylotta”. With the Valdez Bidó family on our side, we stepped up to the plate, with an outfield full of future Sammy Sosas. It was a great feeling to see all of the smiling faces of the children that we were playing with. It was cool to see how happy they were to have us be there and how willing they were to give a lot of hugs.







Team DR climbing the wall after a Team Canada home run!!

We presented the school with a Canadian flag and headed home for an early night...

Jesse hanging with the kids...