Day 2 in Haiti was another one full of new adventures and experiences for all. When we arrived at Lambi this morning, roofers and truss-makers got busy with their work while everyone else joined the residents in mixing and pouring concrete for the porches and floors of two houses. Sand and stone were delivered by wheel barrow, dumped in piles, shoveled into buckets and poured into the concrete mixer. Powdered cement and water were added, everything was mixed in an electric cement mixer and then the fun began! Bucket brigade style, concrete was moved from the mixture pile into buckets, passed through the line and dumped onto the area being created. Empty buckets were returned and so the bucket line continued until the flooring was complete--a good 4 hours! Lunch was a welcome respite for all. After lunch Jonny took a small group on a tour of the current residences: temporary houses, tents and two of the finished homes. The tents and houses were very hot, small, and over-crowded. The newly constructed homes felt safe, dry and comfortable in comparison. After the tour, we began painting. Each homeowner selects the top color for his/her home. The bottom of all the houses is brick red. Four houses were painted on the top: two in creamy yellow and two in light blue. The soon-to-be owners worked very hard alongside us all day. The children were as endearing as yesterday.
Nancy Osborne
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