We had gone to sleep very late the previous night but had to wake up early today to go to work with the guys. We didn't know if we would be any use to them. We wanted to go to help if we could and as always to learn whatever we can. As a side note we have been learning a lot, but right now we are trying to catch up with what we have done. Probably the wrong way to go about writing it...but such is life. Later we will fill you in on all we have learned.
The day started off slow for us and we weren't really doing anything. We walked to the ladies who were cooking lunch for all the workers to see if we could help them. They clearly weren't interested in that. haha. We then went to check out what everyone was up to. Avery was teaching all the guys how to do trowel work properly. It was actually pretty exciting. Later we too got to take a crack at it too. It was harder than it looked. During the day I was Averys, "Right hand man" those were his words by the way. I walked around with a clipboard marking down his comments on whether the worker passed or not. It was great do that because then I got to see how Avery sees things. He was so good at seeing the potential in people! Becca got really bored and decided to get down to business. I kid you not she was in her skirt picking and shoveling the dirt. YAY Becca.
We finished out the day playing the game "Down by the banks" If you don't know this game you stand in a circle with your hands together. You slap the hand of the person next to you all around the circle. Anyway a bunch of the workers played with us! It was sooo fun!
We were all really tired and hungry by the time we were done with work. I don't know how people here do it. The heat destroys us. We tried to convince everyone to go to dinner with us but they were all too tired. So "The Brits", 2 translators, Becca, and I went to get dinner. It took FOREVER to get. I met a guy in line for food that lives in Miami who said, "This girl who works here is rude! If we were at Subway she would be fired!" Too funny. While we were eating a Haitian guy started taking all these pictures of us. It was super weird. We asked him many times to stop. Our translator friend almost got in a fight with the guy. Not wanting there to be trouble I tried to talk to the guy. A lady who was friends with the guy told me that when Americans come here they take pictures all the time. I told her that if a Haitian asked me not to take a picture I would not. Guess it didnt translate to the guy. I just posed for a pic and I think he was happy. Then we headed home.
Amy
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