They never said working was easy, but it certainly is more fun than I remembered.
Work day one was a massive success. We built 10 8’x4’ gardens and began to fill seven of them with dirt. We scraped a bunch of houses and began to prime them, and we even got to hop on a roof for a few minutes. All in a day’s work for Team Awesome from Woodside.
I don’t want to get into too much detail about the goings on of the trip but I will tell you that we only used two band-aids today, only came in contact with fleas, lice and potentially poisonous vines, and had to get off the work site by 3 PM to avoid a massive thunderstorm that featured what Raul likes to call a “water spout”.
First off, Raul is, like yesterday, The Man.
Second, a waterspout is like a tornado, just over water. According to Raul, they always dissipate before hitting land.
…Then, to me, he added, “But with the weather we’ve been getting lately, you never know.”
So we’ve got that going for us.
And now that I have you all really concerned, please do not worry! As I said before, we only used two band-aids today, and I’m pretty sure only a few of us became sunburned.
One casualty of today was my beard, which got covered in pain chips while I was scraping. The only way to get them out was to shave, which is why I now look like I do in the video!
Other than that, fun times all around. Except for the storm, and Dan driving the pickup when the tire treads fell off. And then there was the time with the [REMOVED BY SUPREME LEADER DAN].
Darn. Guess you’ll have to hear about all of that later.
Tomorrow: More dirt, more gardens, but hopefully less facial hair removal.
Enjoy the Fu-Manchu, because I’m totally bringin’ it back.
UPDATE: Video is HERE (once it processes, which is taking far too long).
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4 comments:
Great job - glad to hear everyone is alive and having fun!
Does James still have his beard or is he going Fu-Manchu?
I'm forwarding your blog to my small group and others!
Have a great day! Hope the weather isn't toooooo hot!
JoAnn
Hi Rafiki!!! Love the "choo"!! Visions of Uncle John past! Have forwarded your blog to a zillion people, including your relatives across the pond! Let everyone know that the DR team is praying for them and we ask that they pray for our trip in return!! Off tomorrow morning at the usual mission trip departure time - 3:30 AM!!!!!
Just wondering, what does it take to get a shout out????
Be safe and talk to you on the flip side!
Mom E.
Okay, you know how much we love a challenge! So Cathy, let's see how much we can embarass our kids!!! Max - are you sure that tan line isn't dirt? I'm just sayin'... Jesse wants to sign up for Twitter too - wow! What a modern family we are! Glad to hear things are going well (water spout??????) Many prayers for you guys for continued success! We'll see you Saturday! Keep those posts coming!
Sandy
Glad to hear everyone is ALIVE and WELL! Could we parents at home see some other faces on the screen?? I like hearing the news, but I'd also love to see the happy, smiling faces of our loved ones, too. The blogging and videos are great--thanks for all your hard work. You are all in our prayers.
Holly
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