Today we got straight to work on the walls of the house - both exterior and interior. It was a learning day for all of us, as it seemed none of us had mortering experience ! The day was much cooler since the sun stayed hidden by clouds most of the day and there was a nice breeze - it was a very welcome change! Actually, we were all amazing at how quickly today passed. The brick work today was very rewarding - seeing the walls actually go up was very exciting because the house was really becoming a reality. It was fun to see Jirasek "Sak" - the homeowner - look around a smile periodically (that's him in the top picture) and it just made us wonder what he was thinking. He has been saving money for a long time to try and build his own house and when his opportunity to work with Habitat came around, it must have been a dream come true.
We were able to get four layers of brick done before our workday ended and we are officially ahead of schedule now which is great. A Habitat representative told us today that what we have done in 4 days it would usually take their hired workers about 3 weeks to complete. Having 14 of us add to the workforce of their 5 workers makes a huge difference!
After work we stopped at a waterfall on our way back to our hotel before getting cleaned up and heading out to dinner. Week one is now officially over and we'll have 3 1/2 days left to finish the house next week before our time here is complete. It's so hard to believe how much we have accomplished in just 5 days!
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