i am still loving it here....
i finally got a sunburn on my neck, its getting hot but, I think I'll stay until July....
i now lead teams on my own,
i'm their tour guide and contractor,
Saturday, March 29, 2008
finally more pics
Todd, the other Canadian down here, about to burn his mouth on local fare.
There's lots of limeade here, this was put out for us to eat by one of the families who cooked for us.
Looking down from the Mesa, I wish there had been water in that pool.
The first family I built for on my own. ( The team actually built, I was the leader )
Miriam and Me
There's lots of limeade here, this was put out for us to eat by one of the families who cooked for us.
Looking down from the Mesa, I wish there had been water in that pool.
The first family I built for on my own. ( The team actually built, I was the leader )
Miriam and Me
building, building buliding...
One week I had to build in a fort....concrete walls, pillars and beams....
I resized the house to fit it behind the pillar but, we (the team ) had to knock out a concrete beam so that we could put the roof on.
The skinny people had to work on the back wall.
The chuch I've been attending meets in an elementary gym/cafeteria. I really want to know which kids ordered the lentils for lunch.
Last weeks family lived in this bus. ( these are two of the guys on the team )
I resized the house to fit it behind the pillar but, we (the team ) had to knock out a concrete beam so that we could put the roof on.
The skinny people had to work on the back wall.
The chuch I've been attending meets in an elementary gym/cafeteria. I really want to know which kids ordered the lentils for lunch.
Last weeks family lived in this bus. ( these are two of the guys on the team )
Sunday, March 9, 2008
things i can almost say in spanish
We will be back tomorrow at eight. Hasta mañana a las ocho
Where is the bathorom? ¿Dónde está de baño?
I need 15 more bags of cement. Necesito quince mas de cemento
I need a door. Necesito una puerta
Where do you want 3 windows?¿Dónde tres ventanas?
Where do you want 2 doors? ¿Dónde dos puertas?
Which way do you want the roof to slope? inclinación (keep saying this and point)
I am at site # 10232. Soy en el sitio uno cero dos tres dos
2 cheese enchiladeas, please. Dos enchiladas queso, por favor.
This is the "Heidi" version, not neceessarily real spanish, or complete sentences.
My most difficult conversation of the week was when tried to ask a guy at a lumber yard for 3 eight foot long 1"x4" boards.Even though this includes a lot of numbers I had to resort to a lot of charrades. My prop was a tape measure and it barely helped. He did finally cut them for me from a 16' 1"x10".
Where is the bathorom? ¿Dónde está de baño?
I need 15 more bags of cement. Necesito quince mas de cemento
I need a door. Necesito una puerta
Where do you want 3 windows?¿Dónde tres ventanas?
Where do you want 2 doors? ¿Dónde dos puertas?
Which way do you want the roof to slope? inclinación (keep saying this and point)
I am at site # 10232. Soy en el sitio uno cero dos tres dos
2 cheese enchiladeas, please. Dos enchiladas queso, por favor.
This is the "Heidi" version, not neceessarily real spanish, or complete sentences.
My most difficult conversation of the week was when tried to ask a guy at a lumber yard for 3 eight foot long 1"x4" boards.Even though this includes a lot of numbers I had to resort to a lot of charrades. My prop was a tape measure and it barely helped. He did finally cut them for me from a 16' 1"x10".
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Bodyguards
So far i've built 3 houses with supervision. Next week Todd (the other new guy) and I build together and then....I'm on my own.
My last build was with some local 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Our main problem was that they all needed ladders. It was certainly a challenging weekend. One of the staff memebers who was training me kept saying, " It's all down hill here from here...". I still maintain that there is a special place in Heaven for middle school teachers. Although they could probably survive hell. I'll stick with the cute little kids or the ones on their way out of high school.
One boy was trying to get down from the roof(techo)was going to jump down and asked me to catch him. He was no small 7th grader. I now remember why the first time I taught grade 7 and 8 I wondered what had happened to their brains.
Actually the kids were great, I didn't hear any complaints from them and they basically worked hard the whole time. I went to their school for "Veggie Assembly" on Thursday, they are a neat bunch of kids.
The other interesting things was that we had body guards with us the whole time. Most of students were Mexicans who go to school in the US. Some were from such important families that they needed bodyguards. An intersting experience. Everywhere we went was a big ordeal. For the most part the bodyguards stood around and did their job but, after my "How to do stucco" demonstration, they came over and re-did my demo. We all learned alot. The local mexicans sure put our stuccoing to shame.
Still having lots of fun.
My last build was with some local 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Our main problem was that they all needed ladders. It was certainly a challenging weekend. One of the staff memebers who was training me kept saying, " It's all down hill here from here...". I still maintain that there is a special place in Heaven for middle school teachers. Although they could probably survive hell. I'll stick with the cute little kids or the ones on their way out of high school.
One boy was trying to get down from the roof(techo)was going to jump down and asked me to catch him. He was no small 7th grader. I now remember why the first time I taught grade 7 and 8 I wondered what had happened to their brains.
Actually the kids were great, I didn't hear any complaints from them and they basically worked hard the whole time. I went to their school for "Veggie Assembly" on Thursday, they are a neat bunch of kids.
The other interesting things was that we had body guards with us the whole time. Most of students were Mexicans who go to school in the US. Some were from such important families that they needed bodyguards. An intersting experience. Everywhere we went was a big ordeal. For the most part the bodyguards stood around and did their job but, after my "How to do stucco" demonstration, they came over and re-did my demo. We all learned alot. The local mexicans sure put our stuccoing to shame.
Still having lots of fun.
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