This morning we started at the community center and we were introduced to Tonya who is the site manager. She introduced us to the community co-op. The co-op is the ladies of the community who sew, knit, paint, jewelry,macrame to sell to people to make money. After that we went to the build site. We were introduced to the head mason and crew. There we're many jobs available digging floors, sifting sand for white wash,cutting and bending rebar,hauling dirt, digging trenches, painted white wash on walls and tamp the dirt. Our translator was Eswaldo a 20 year old man was given a scholarship by habitat to learn English. The only stipulation is he helps translate when build groups come. The day starts at 6:30 for breakfast then we catch a bus at 7:30 to go to
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