All I have to say to start is 12 year old Geoff Ferrand kicked some butt today with the painting. On Monday, our team laid the first coat of paint on the exterior of Cottage 4. We were very proud that at the end of the day, the entire building had been painted with the exception of the trim….which we were told not to do yet. A word of caution told to us by our foreman “Here in Honduras, if you break a bone, they don’t fix it, they chop it off.” And with that, we decided not to attempt the trim on Monday. When we arrived today, we decided that the exterior of cottage 4 needed a second coat. By this time, Joey had moved over to helping paint the laundry room with Auburn, so it was Geoff, Karen and myself left to paint the second coat. Between the three of us, we had painted all four exterior walls by 11:20. After a brief discussion with Wheeler, he decided that since our group was moving along so quickly, that we got to not only paint the trim, but we also got to paint the windows and window sills. Since the building is a light peach, we are painting the windows and sills a burnt orange color. It is really pretty. See the picture of Joey on one of the sills (she came back to join us after the laundry room was complete). We should have this finished by lunch tomorrow. Oh, and Leonard decided he wasn’t scared of a few broken bones, so he is going up on the ladder for the high parts.
Stray cow came to keep things mooooving along.
After we rushed back so that we could all get medium warm showers quickly, we had a quick reflection as a needed distraction. We needed Wheeler to be out of his room because the group sharing the house with us was setting up the surprise party for his 89th birthday. Wheeler turns 89 later this month, and we spent the last two nights putting together a scrapbook for him. Wheeler is originally from St. David’s Episcopal Church in Roswell. He moved down here four years ago (he claims he learns one new Spanish word a year – he is up to four!). The other group created a “Mariachi” band that sang “Feliz Cumpleanos” where Wheeler danced with Bonnie. See the video…..Give it about 30 seconds and I move in between two of the members of the Mariachi band to get the filming….sorry, I can’t edit it here.
I will say that the kids are enjoying being with each other. Of course, they are all missing home, and the comforts of their own beds, but they are doing well hanging out with each other. Tommorrow will be our last day of work, as Friday is booked with the children's program and the second half of field day, which consists of tie-dyeing and an Easter Egg Hunt.
Signing off from Honduras.
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