It was another beautiful day in Haiti. Most of the day there was a gentle breeze. The crew was at the site by a little after 8 a.m. The Haitians of course had been there for a while already. They took forms off the top of the walls and were starting to make forms for the columns. Some of us pitched in to help remove nails and screws from the lumber that was removed from the forms. We carried buckets of cement from one side of the worksite to the other. The cement was used to finish filling in the forms on the top of the walls and to start working on the columns. (You can tell by the picture that our arms are getting longer and shoulders are drooping.)
A word about our meals of the day; we had a snack at the worksite that consisted of pumpkin soup that had cabbage, carrots and onions among other things. With the soup we had a pate, which is a Haitian pizza. It was a piece of dough that had a filling of vegetables and then it was deep fried. Lunch was smashed corn. We had lots of ideas about what it was, but we never did confirm it. Dinner tonight was mashed potatoes, with rice, a cream sauce to put on either one, watermelon, salad and mangos. There are a couple Haitian women that work in the kitchen that make some really great yeast rolls, buns and bread. All in all we are eating very well. It sure would be great to have an ice cream sundae!
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