A new assignment today... installing gutters. We returned to one of the schools where we had retrofitted a tank and replaced the gutters. A good guttering system is key to the rainwater tank. We removed the old, rusting, aluminum gutters and replaced them with nice new ones made from 8" PVC pipe cut lengthwise in two.
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| No longer shy, the kids strike a pose. |
When we previously visited this location, school was out so we had missed the children. Today, there were full-blown kid encounters. Luke and Caleb organized a soccer match, Shelley provided boo-boo care, and I took pictures. The kids are shy about having their pictures taken at first, but once you show them the results on the digital camera, they suddenly become models striking poses and organizing group shots with different backgrounds.
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| Shelley provides compassion and medical care. |
Shelley had a rough night sleeping last night. She was getting bitten by some kind of insect, and ended up with 10-15 bites on her legs and thighs. We were never able to figure out what it was or where it went, but she was in a great deal of discomfort this morning. During her boo-boo care session at the school, she treated a little girl who was covered in bites all over her legs and arms. There were over 50, many of them infected. She called me over and said, "Now I know why I had to endure those bites last night. It was so I could have compassion on this poor girl." I love my wife and her heart!
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| Chad prepares for the Professional Pig Riders circuit. |
A more fun part of the morning was when a big hog showed up. Someone suggested that Chad should try to ride it. Believe it or not, he tried. I'm not sure he made the entire 8 seconds, but we have to give him credit for stepping up to the challenge.
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| Viesna and the team in front of a mountain of completed carts. |
After lunch we worked with Viesna on assembling and painting the stands that hold the water filter pots. After Shelley received a five-minute penalty for excessive drippage on her painting, she tried her hand at the pop rivet gun. It was pretty comical to watch her face as she got her grip tight enough to make the rivet pop. Unfortunately, we couldn't get a good picture of the "pop rivet face"...
Dinner tonight was awesome... fried chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. Excellent! Thank you, Ming Sopean!
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