Day 1

Hola amigas y amigos. Today was the first day at the school. We started bright and early which allowed us to accomplish a lot of work. When we arrived at the school we began the demolition of the roof of the roof. Al was powering through the cieling tiles while the local men and mike were working ontop of the roof. Much of the morning was spent hauling wood, cieling tiles, and other debri such as pigion nests away. Everyone was excited to put in their hand where needed. We had an opportunity to tour the school and meet some of the children. They were very excited to see us. Upon looking into a first grade classroom the warmly welcomed us with "Buenos diaz Americanos..." It was amazing to see their excitement for us. After a quick 4 hours we all were astonished over what had been accomplished the roof off and demolition of the old concrete started. We took a quick break for lunch to get relenished and headed back to work. When we arrived back at the school the temperature had increased greatly. However, we manged to knock down most rest of the old concrete and had a ton of help from the muchachos (children) hauling the debri away. They were so excited to help they would not let us hold a shovel or broom and even hauled rocks in sack bags. The day ended with us cleaning up the end of the demolition while the woman twisted wire. It was amazing to see everyone pull together and have a wonderful first day with many accomplishments. Praise be to God