Livin' my life on the farm

Ecuador day 4

Friday 7-20-07

I didn't sleep well. Oh my goodness, it’s so humid here. And really really hot. I am staying in a little bitty pop-up tent with a girl named Rebekah. With us two in there is was quite warm let me tell you. Not to mention the dogs and pigs and rooster. They started at 1:45 am. Seriously let me sleep!! The pigs were the worst. They were screaming so loud! We woke up in the morning and our hair was all stuck to our faces and necks with sweat. eww! I got up around 4:30. The cooking crew was getting up so I figured I might as well get up. Breakfast was at 6am. It was this weird “cereal”. I don’t know if you’d really call it that. It was more of a sprout slurry. What ever it was it was gross!

We headed to the site at 7am. Work was hard! First we made a line to move the blocks. I’be never seen so many blocks! My back won’t even move in the morning I bet. It doesn’t hurt now but while I was working it was getting tight.. Laying block was real frustrating at first. Brianne and I teamed up. It took 2 blocks to get it down. That took us like 20 minutes. After those two we were flying. It was fun. Then I got pulled off to do grout crew. That pretty boring but one of the staff loves me now cause I stuck with it. Not alot of people liek to grout. Now everytime he sees me he says K-k-k-katie like my grandpa does. Hehe funny. Grouting, if you don't know, is filing the walls with grout, a sort of mud, concrete mixture. It's very messy.

This is a group of grouters. We had to scoop a bucket of grout then pass it up the wall. The ones on the wall would pour pack and pass the bucket back.We would get several buckets going so you were always moving

This is Julio and I after a day of grouting. This wasn't even my dirtiest day. haha

Julio was one of our translators. He was from Peru.

.Lunch was at noon. Mac and Cheese. Ah So yummy I pigged out so much! I was starving from having nothing but rice and potatoes.

I grouted the rest of the day. Which I'm starting to like grouting. You don't have to be perfect with your work like the layers do. :-p We started cleaning up around 3 and headed back to camp around 4. Some people took showers and some were going to go play soccer. I wanted to play soccer!! So I went in my dirty work clothes. It was so much fun! I was on a team with Kirk, Justin, Julio, and tim. We won the first game but lost the second. I totally wiped out some little kid. I felt so bad! He didn’t even care. Lol Tough booger he was.

Supper was eww! Tomato soup some strange Ecuadorian potato. Blah. I ate a banana, which by the way are way sweeter then at home.

We had worship and now we have a ½ hour to chill till bed at 9:15. The pigs are already out. >:-(

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{ 7:50, Thursday, August 16 } { Posted by kember }

Hey Kate!
I like keeping up w/ your trip! thanks!

Kember ><>

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{ 9:21, Thursday, August 16 } { Posted by sista }

Hey sounds like your busyyy! But it's so great that your involved with a mission trip so good 4 u!
OMW I would die in heat like that. *Winter Freak***
Ewww
Where are you exactly?

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The town we were in was named Porta Negra. It was a little community outside of Babahoyo.

Edited by branded4Him on Monday, August 20 at 2:49

Ecuador!

{ 11:39, Monday, August 20 } { Posted by countrygalu }

It looks like you worked very hard. We had a group from our church send 10-15 people to Mexico. They helped with the VBS in Mexico and with helping build houses.


MAkayla