Making cement is a big, challenging, and dirty job. Many people took a turn at this task.
Angelic, Amanda, and some of the local girls help to collect rocks to fill the tables and chairs. Sean, Ally, and Angelic place rocks in the tires to prep the hopscotch for cement. After cement was poured and smoothed into the tires, they put colored bottle caps in for the numbers. Volunteers and Glimpsers work at digging holes, setting up tables and chairs, and filling the tables with rocks and dirt before cement.
Hola family and friends. Today was CAP Day 2 and as you all learned we are creating a meeting area for the children of ECO Kids. After waking up at 6 am we headed to Buffet Estelí to eat breakfast. Then we made a quick stop to purchase more shovels for our project. After arriving at Mujeres Ambientalistas we all broke up into 3 groups. Some worked on assembling the tires while the two other groups picked up rocks and mixed the cement. We all experienced the hard work of cement mixing. It was quite challenging to carry the heavy bags of sand and cement. Leeza stated feeling sore from all the carrying. We all showed off our strength and muscles by mixing the heavy cement, sand, and water. With the help of our experienced volunteers we made the cement possible. Rocio helped dig up holes in order to place the tire seats while Lupe also helped dig up large holes for the tables. Clara, Bonnie, and I with the help from Sonati placed bottle caps to represent the numbers for the hopscotch.
After a very intense and hardworking day it was time we took a short break. We ate packed lunch from Buffet Estelí along side the delicious agua de tamarindo. Yummy! We once again broke into groups with Sean and Bonnie helping mix cement while Allie and Carla continued placing rocks into tires. After sweating like crazy we accomplished our goal!!! We finished cementing the tables, chairs, and hopscotch. The Glimpsers were really excited to see the semi complete project. Along with our projected we also got the opportunity to interact with the volunteers and children helping us. At the end we were surprised with a little boy repeating squad along with Leeza and Lupe. Along side Jenny, Lupe, Rocio, Karla, and I learned a new word “Twanis” (I think that’s how you spell it) which means cool. Family and friends— expect to hear it soon. After an intense day we traveled back to the hostel to take well deserved showers. We then had our very final English tutoring prep which was also followed by free time. Many glimpsers went out to purchase tasty Nicaraguan treats; while others decided to buy final pieces for our CAP project. We then all came back to the hostel and headed out to Vida Joven to have our last English tutoring class. Many of the students stated their gratitude by bringing gifts for the glimpsers. Crystal received a lovely bracelet from one of her students. It was time to say goodbye and many students decided to stay a couple extra minutes to exchange contact info with the glimpsers. Finally we headed to Buffet Estelí and then to the hostel. We had our nightly meeting were we expressed our success and joy for the CAP project. It was time to pass on the leadership role to Frannie challenging her to either tell us a secret or do the worm. She ended up telling us a very interesting story. With that she will be the leader for our last CAP day. Well this is it for tonight. See you soon ! Peace out!
We worked hard today digging holes, filling them, making cement, and placing bottle caps in the tables.
Much love,
Jessica
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Two thumb up for Glimpsers! You’ve met all the challenges and delivered your lovely project with incredible passion. Maybe some of you will become a good engineer because of this fun project? Happy for you all. Love those photos too. Thank you.
Hey Glimpsers! You guys ROCK! It may have been TIREing work, but the results were absolutely TWANIS! You’ve successfully CEMENTed a permanent impression of your love and dedication to the community. With your toned muscles, you should eat more at BUFFED Esteli. A job (almost) well done! Excellente!
Woooo hoo!!! frannie in the leadership role for the last day of the cap project.hi its dad again hope no one is to sore from the cap project dont forget lift with your legs not your back.looks like all thats left is the tether ball.dont sweat to bad i imagine you guys are starting to get used to the heat enjoy,and fran take lots of pictures please.love ya dad……
And i say again i’m sooooo proud of you sister, u work so much and is amazing see all what you do, all the effort , you are a great leader
i hope see you soon
Te quiero mucho criatura y estoy aun más orgullosa de ti, te extraño mucho aunque este tan lejos, te mandamos muchos saludos desde Mexico
Love u little sister 🙂
Hey Leeza!
The hopscotch looks pretty cool! Next time you’re here, make something like that for Lil Marvin, he loves to jump haha. 3 more days until you’re home. I bet you want to get
some straw hat with us haha. Enjoy your last few days there. See you when you get back! Love you!
HI LEEZA,
Looking forward to seeing you soon. Love you!!
MamaG
Hi too everyone the time has past u guys have worked so far every day i see your photos everyday jessica we miss u in the house especially comet jessica enjoy your last few days.The experience u have learned keep it in your heart esperamos tu regreso de Nuevo a casa. Te queremos toda tu familia y cometa
Love seeing the teamwork and the product of all your hard work. Wow…the artistry and the colors of the hopscotch. Great job everyone!
Ally – miss you and so proud of you. Went to visit the site of your next “working project” yesterday. Enjoy your last few days. See you soon. Love Auntie Deb
How do I always manage to miss your calls home, Clara???!?!? It must be a conspiracy or I must be running around too much : )
So glad to hear from Papa & Emma that you are feeling better and able to join in the CAP work. It is hard work but gives you not only the reward of accomplishment but of knowing you are helping others. Priceless. Shall we expect to see the fruits of some of your newly learned skills around the house once you get back?? Love you button. con carino (imagine the tilde) xoxo