Norm fixed oatmeal for breakfast. We brought food in with us, and several people brought various types of oatmeal. Norm mixed things together and created a pretty good mix. We started the work day by moving rocks to the pad area. Actually, we did not move the rocks, the Haitian boys moved them from the back of the school yard to the pad, using the John Deere loader and a two wheel trailer. We helped put the rocks in place, and also worked at forming the pad. We squared the pad as best we could, but for some reason we had trouble getting it square, it is more of a parallelogram. I joked that this close to the equator made measurements run untrue, since the pull of the poles is different—I don’t think anyone bought it. Several of us walked around the area picking up stones that were on top of the ground. While Don said it was unnecessary, we continued because it helped clean up the grounds. On a future trip, we would like to spend a concerted effort sprucing things up.
Milo welded some of the re-rod, and took it over to the school where it will be used in the latrine floor. Another hard day of work and we should be ready to pour concrete.
Rode made a chicken dinner for us at the guest house. It was really good, with mashed potatoes and wonderful gravy. The downside was, we were left with a TON of dishes. Thank you, Hunter.
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