SATURDAY WORK!

Picking Up Trash

Haiti is a throw away society.  If the object in your hand does not have any value, throw it away immediately.  It does not make any difference where one is, toss it.  So, plastic bags, those little bags that water is sold in, other plastics, paper, and odds and ends litter the landscape.  The Croix des Mission work site is no different.  We have been trying to teach the children to pick up trash and keep the site clean.  Many willingly participate in the clean up activity.

Moving Dirt

The pit for the septic is finished.  It is roughly 10x10x10.  That must be over 20 yards of dirt.  The boss man, the foreman, wants it moved to the front of the church.  That is a lot of wheelbarrow loads.

Dale Practicing His Crepissage Technique

The graffiti on the background is "KPP F.C."  It is the KPP Football Club, the neighborhood soccer team.  Even though the space at the rear of the church is relatively small, the team practices there.  (I do not understand what the KPP stands for.)



Dale has a long way to go before practicing 10,000 hours.  The technique for applying crepissage involves flicking one's wrist to propel the concrete onto the concrete blocks.  The skilled workers manage to apply most concrete with little falling to the ground.  Dale is at the beginner stage, applying little with most falling to the ground.  He liked it so much that he bought his own trowel.





Playing with the neighborhood children is always a delight.  They seem to really enjoy our company.  

Wanda and Shirley :Playing Ring-Around-the-Rosie