Updates on the Work Day

Glad to report that we are finally done hauling all those bricks up to the third floor. Now we have started hauling half full buckets of sand up to the third floor. And that was all before lunch.

After lunch included working on rebarring, I only think that´s how it´s spelled. I worked on cutting the metal, bending metal into squares, twisting smaller peices of metal around bigger peices, and trying to avoid any serious injuries. Thankfully there were no serious injuries although there were a few scrathes here and there.

To the people that want to see pictures and videos of the stuff here it is kind of difficult to deal with the internet cafe´s so I am going to make one big post with both pictures and videos when I get home in about a week and a half.

Apparently everything is going fine with the medical team and nothing too serious to report. And there is some news Richard Sr. is taking out an eyeball tomorrow. I so wish that I could see that. And one last little bit of news for the medical team: they have stolen away one person that was supposed to work on the building team.

The general agreement here is that the food is really, really, really good. I would love to know how to cook as well as the people here.

First Day At Work

Hey people back home!!!!

First day of work. Since I´m on the building team I can´t really speak for the medical team, but we worked hard and we did get stuff done. Cutting and bending metal, lots of metal, working on a roof, painting, and hauling bricks up the side of a three story building.

Our team was lucky we got to go back to the hotel for lunch; not to mention the hour long siesta we got.

Yesterday there wasn´t a whole lot to report on. It was just the last day before we all had to get to work. Playing cards, talking, a little tv, and eating was pretty much all we got done yesterday. The food here is awesome!!!! I really wish that I knew how to cook stuff like the people at the hotel do.

I really hope that we get to keep the good weather and the breeze.

The word from the medical team is that their first day went well. A couple of surgeries and what not, I really don´t understand exactly what it is that they do all day, and it went well.

P.S. Margaret say no revolts yet.

First Day or Finally Out of the Airport

First day here! Plenty going on, even though we got here at least five hours later than we expected. Lucky thing though we got to eat some lunch pretty much as soon as we arrived.

The afternoon was spent almost exactly like how the time in the airport was spent; playing games, talking, and not actually doing a whole lot.

Dinner at the hotel and then a quick walk to get some ice cream. Which was pretty good; like everyone said.

P.S. Barry Little says hi!

Loading up and heading out......

The team loaded up 3:00 Friday afternoon for the trip to Charlotte airport. It was 91 degrees. Other team members will join in Charlotte and Miami.

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Some Stuff

Bolivia

Capital: Sucre
Largest City: Santa Cruz
Official languages: Spanish & 36 native languages

Government: Republic
Currency: Boliviano (BOB)
Calling code +591
Time zone (UTC-4)

Bolivia, is a landlocked country in central South America.
Prior to European colonization, the Bolivian territory was a part of the Incan Empire.
The state has no official religion.

Montero is a city in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, about 50 km north of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Population 90,837 (2006). Montero has experienced growth in recent decades, becoming an important city in this region.
Montero has an elevation of 300 meters above sea level and an average temperature of 23 °C. The city is predominantly agricultural, producing soybeans, cotton, corn and rice.

Another good internet site to look at is Bolivia Web. This site offers all things Bolivian on the web. It includes virtual tours of sites as well as access to music, pictures, video, and commercial sites. It also hosts over 500 Bolivian blogs and you can read Bolivian newspapers online.
http://www.boliviaweb.com/

Hopefully I got all the information right. I got a lot of stuff from Wikipedia, so if I am wrong please tell me, nicely.

Getting Ready to Go

Hi people, I'm Hillary. This is going to be my first trip to Bolivia, or anywhere near there. Though it isn't going to be my first time out of the country. It's also going to be the first mission trip I've been. I'm finally getting the chance to go. I've wanted to go to help and do stuff but never got the opportunity.

Getting ready to go to Bolivia was somewhat painful. Yellow fever shot and about two or three others. NOT FUN! I have never been a real fan of shots to begin with so having to get three one right after the other was not my dream come true. Then the medicines aren't a whole lot of fun either.

Health wise I think I'm ready to go.

I have been trying to get all the stuff on the list into one suitcase, and it isn't easy. I still have to finish packing so I have to find some way to make it all work.

Physically I am almost ready to go.

I think this is the most nervous I've been in a long time.

Mentally I am incredably nervous.

To all the people out there reading wish me luck!