Day 5

Hola beautiful readers! As the days go by i'm attempting to use as much Spanish as I possibly can in regular conversation, unfortunately I don't know much Spanish at all. Today we returned to the burnt down house. When we arrived the whole landscape of the house had changed. There had been 3 piles of gravel, larger rock, and sand dumped in the backyard.
We later found out that they were there to spread out and tamper down to later turn into concrete to create a new floor for additions to the house that would be added later. Our projects for the day were to knock down a big piece of concrete that had lost some structural integrity on the roof, sweep the roof and seal it with waterproof paint, and spread out all of the materials to make concrete. It was about a 7 hour work day. We started by climbing up on the roof and beginning to knock down the section that needed to be removed. This part took far too long, and during this time we broke one of the wooden (yeah wooden) ladders that we used to get on top of the roof.

Oh don’t worry though, the neighbor of the family Victor, and his hired help whom we call El Torro who had both been helping us out throughout the day, helped by fixing the ladder on the spot. . . with wire and a few nails. I waited until someone came with a real ladder to dismount the roof. We then enjoyed delicioso tuna fish sammy’s that our wonderful pastor made for us. It's amazing how delicious a tuna fish sandwich can be after a hard days rocking. After we finished lunch we went back to work for a few hours then headed back to Casabuena for the evening. We decided we weren't going to return to the burnt house because it would be using more of our time and resources for a project that will take years to finish. The family still has to decide what they really want to renovate and rebuild so we are going to devote the rest of our time here on the seminary.
After work we went straight to Casabuena and showered off and headed straight out for our evening activity. We got to witness the sea turtle release into the ocean! It was one of the most amazing experiences of my entire life. It really makes you think about how small we really are, but what a big impact we can have if we just use our efforts in the right ways.