Today was another great day on the build sites. We made so much progress. Mike, Pete, Mary, Dawn, Marcia, Carrie, Krystal and I (Tara) finished digging out the trenches for the foundation--interior walls--and finished tying rebar. At the end of the day we dug out and helped prepare a pit for mixing the cement by hand. During the day, we had a few extra helping hands as neighbor children offered to help. They helped carry out the dirt whether by hand or wheelbarrow. Of course, break time is just as important. There were more marble matches and bubbles. More smiles and laughter. Julie, Cate, Keith, Tim, Diane, Natalie and I (Katie) discovered a LARGE stump in our trench and fought it for a good part of the day with an ax, machete and a lot of
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