Work in Mogote

We are back in the full swing of things trying to get everything ready for the spring break group next Friday. We are pouring the rest of the concrete slab in this next week. We have had some awesome help from some of the boys in Mogote. They range in age from 10-13 and have been a great help to us. They love working, if we are up there and they know we are going to pour concrete that day they stick around and do whatever they can to pitch in. Some of these kids come from really broken homes, but as tough as they are they still love to give and get hugs.

Pouring concrete is quite the process. We order sand, rock, rebarb, and bags of cement in the morning. They deliver it outside the door to the church. After getting the rebarb in the holes we crank up the mahcine, then start the mixing. One bucket of water, 2 of rock, 2 of sand, add the 92 lb. bag of concrete, 2 more rocks, 1.5 more sand. Then Darwin and Ariel have worked out a system to push-pull the wheelbarrow full of concrete up the 5 steps and around the side of the church and dump it wherever Will tells them, then Will smoothes it and makes it nice.

It is hard work but we really enjoy getting to do it together with people from Mogote and are excited about the kitchen!