April 2nd - Hi Ho Hi Ho. Its Off to Work We Go...

We had the toughest day so far. Today we started doing work at the Orphanage. The main thing that we did today was move A LOT of dirt/rock. There is a bunch of dirt that we have to move and we got about 1/4 of it done and and then later on in the day another truck load of gravel showed up. Some of the girls painted one of the buildings that are on the compound. But most of us moved the dirt. It was pretty tough work. This morning was decently cool, but still in the 70's or so. But it started to get hot very fast. 

We are doing some landscaping to level out the ground and make it more level so it will be easier to walk and play on when the kids get here. We did a lot of shoveling and we did a lot of lifting of the wheel borrows. Don't know how many loads we did but there was a lot. Because it was sooo hot we had to take a lot of breaks to drink enough water to stay hydrated. We went through about 20-25 gallons of water in like 5 hours. 

As the day went along we broke a total of 3 shovels, 1 rake, and a sludge hammer. While we were moving the dirt, Mistee came up with the idea of saying things that we are all thankful for to keep our minds of the fact that we are tired. it was great to hear everything that we are all thankful for. But we got tons of rock moved and still have tons more to do tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. 

We all had a pretty good day and we are getting up earlier tomorrow to work when it is cooler and get done earlier when its not so hot. 

Talk to you soon, 

Casey Face :|