Prepping for First Block

All projects well most all projects the blocks have to be moved to the center of the foundation.  This veteran team saw the need and got right on it.  They formed a massive assembly line and knocked it out in no time.  While others were still busy carrying stuff from the Kia.

Pastor Brian orchestrated the dirt from the side road which was were it was dropped off at upon delivery.  They would load up a bucket of sand and place it in the wheel barrow until it was full and off someone went with their load.  There was also buckets being carried as well.  One thing I can say this group is use to carrying buckets of something rocks or mud a distance away so this was a piece of cake.  They had to take it to be sifted through the screen for making the mescal for the preparation of the first block.

The four corners were going up as well.  Everyone took a corner and started putting the iron rods into the ground for a secure foundation.  Each corner got placed securely and leveled very quickly.  It pays to know how to do this in advance.  This helped the process move along quickly.  Thank you Ron, John Scott, Mike, Tino and Pastor Carlos for getting this down so we could move toward our first block.

As the sand arrived Tino and Carlton were sifting away and making the pile ready to go to Mason and Christian and one Honduran volunteer.  These guys learned very quickly how to make mescal because they did not have a lot of  Honduran help this first day.  I hope this meant men had work to go to which is rare here for a lot of the men.   But no worries these boys were on it and helped make the batch and Christian was ready to deliver the first bucket for the first block.

Our block cutters were over the top.  John Scott and Ron kept the blocks going and coming.  They made an amazing team.  When Pastor Carlos needed a special block Ron could translate for John Scott the size he needed.  Also one day Ron had some extra help, a nearby neighbor and friend of Santo's who was 82 years old.  He was talking away to Ron but Ron did not quiet get all he was saying to him.  But he was always close by to put in his two cents worth to Ron and John Scott.  Great job gentlemen. Everything was coming together beautifully for the prayers over the first block.  Everyone's efforts were all from God's strength he provided for each one of them. God gave us all we needed the first day to get this day under control and move on to laying rows of blocks.