Day Three: And the Walls Come Tumbling Down ...

Today, we worked on tearing down the remainder of the interior walls we are removing, installed a roof on the septic tank and continued doing everyone's favorite job, scraping paint! The weather couldn't have been better (warm and sunny, no rain and a light breeze/clouds in the afternoon so we didn't get too hot). The views from the house are gorgeous, and we can see why the family wants to rebuild the house and continue living here!

Above, is a picture of the house we are working on. Mr. Jose and Mrs. Ana Maria (the homeowners are on the left) and Mr. Rogerio (contractor is on the right) discuss the day's progress in front of the house.

Denise practices her technique in hopes of being cast in the next Mario Brothers movie. We all took a swing at the last wall, and it felt pretty good after hours of scraping paint.

Jan, our fearless leader, hones his wheel borrow driving skills, as we haul away the debris from the walls we destroyed.

 

We are happy to be almost finished with the septic tank. Today, we set the roof bricks and poured cement on top to seal the roof of the tank. This project has taken longer than expected, but thankfully, the prior group did all of the hard work (busting up a lot of rock with a jackhammer and digging the pit itself).

Undercover Ellen tries to hide, but we always find her!

This week has been a week of bucket brigades ... cement, debris, more cement. Susan and Amanda execute the perfect pass of a bucket of concrete.

And lastly, today's long-distance dedication goes out to: Products (and the Corporate Actuary department).  Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.