Greetings Everyone,
Today concluded our 7th day in Guatemala and our 5th day of work.
Saturday resulted in a day of rest after a long night in the German restraunt with workers and friends. We all decided it was a good chance to really walk around and see Antigua. The real experience was seen in the market place. Filled with anything from fruit, live animals, and even what seemed to be full clothing outlets, it was clearly a site to see.
Sunday we journied up to Piqua, the volcano. The walk up the mountain was tiresome, but the conclusion was well worth it. Roasting marshmellows over free flowing lava is clearly a once in a lifetime thing. The surreal experience is something only
available in a small number of sites around the world, or so it would seem. It felt as if we could clearly walk out into the lava without restriction. After our trip back down the valcano, which we all made a race out of, we stopped in a small restraunt at the base where Fred played a few songs on the guitar while we all enjoyed a cold drink. The highlight of the day was clearly Fred's Adam Sandler impression, spot on as expected.
Today was our shortest day of work, but it still seemed to be equally as tiring. We were tasked with creating enough concrete to cover the floor of the house. This was started with 51 buckets of sand, around 20 buckets of rocks, and a lot of water. The most rewarding part was seeing the family put their hand prints and names on the front step of the house. After watching us work all week on their house, they have marked the house as their own. We enjoyed a nice lunch with Chiki, Abel, and the family and then we were off to play some soccer with the others from the other work sites. We broke up into teams of 3, the first team to score stayed on and the loser rotated off. It was a great time; both Carlos and Cristian played as well.
~Michael Tremoulis
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