God Don't Owe Us Anything, Ya Dig? Pt 3

        Work day 1: Breakfast-
It was 8 am and time to get going!! We got up, got our work clothes on, sprayed on more DEET and headed to breakfast. Peruvian breakfast is very similar to American breakfast. Eggs, toast, jelly, bacon, and...coffeeeeeee!!! The coffee was THE BEST coffee ever. If you ever drink coffee from Peru, it is a true worship experience. It was very strong, so if you don't like that, like me, you have to put more sugar in the coffee than coffee mix (it was peruvian instant coffee). Tyler, Kristen, and Allison explained a little bit of what we would be doing that morning while at the table. After we ate, we gathered our work gear and headed out to the site.
      Time to get down and dirty!!
and we did just that! Before we left, we were all looking to fill up our water bottles so we would have water to drink. It had not arrived. I knew we were just going to buy water from the lodge or something, but I was so use to just going to the fossett and getting some water at whatever temperature I desired that this was a shock to me. Kristen and allison bought us 3 large bottles of water to fill up the cooler so everyone could get some water from it. We all only filled out bottles about 1/2 way so that we were sure the whole team got some. Down at the work site there was a big pile of wood posts laying on the ground and muddy from the rain that we were suppose to work with that day. We were to clean them off and sand them down as much as possible, then they were to be painted on all sides with tar. With 2 people working on one post at a time, this took a while, but was quite fun. I wore a tie dye shirt that I loved...needless to say, it is not wearable anymore haha. But I'll take it with me when I am doing dirty work in the future! we all hung our water bottles on a tree as if they were ornaments. The water finally arrived just in time for a break. We were making pretty good progress, though all we were doing was cleaning posts of wood and sanding them, then covering them with tar. It took us all afternoon to finish that job (there were many posts), but it was finally complete. We were to go back to the lodge, shower, and get ready to go to to the center to see the boys. Again, it took us a while to shower. The bus was due to pick us up at 6. We Americans do not notice, but we are freaks about being on time. If we are 10 min late, that is understandable, but anything after 30 min is absurd to us. In South American countries, the bus could be 2 hours late and it not be a big deal. It wasn't late and we got on the bus to go to the center in the city.

        We were having dinner with the boys and were so excited! when we got there, dinner was almost ready. We talked a little bit and played a game of UNO and then it was time to eat. we all picked a table and sat down. One boy from each table was to get everyone at the table's food and drink.  We all ate, and whatever we didn't eat, the boys gladly took care of it for us haha just like any other teenage boy. After dinner, we played games. We played UNO, some played soccer, some put together puzzles (they like that), some made bracelets, and some played charades. I played Uno with some of the boys. Then I went to see if Luiz or Mario would show me how to make a bracelet. They tried to teach me...but my spanish skills were not that good. Also I did not understand his demonstration. Luiz and mario called me and a girl on my team Loca(crazy) and made our bracelets for us. Julio Cesar came over as well and make me a bracelet and a ring(from the leftover string).Soon it was time to say our hasta luegos (see you laters). It was so much fun being with the boys. We got on the bus and headed back to the lodge. We were tired but filled with so much joy! Walking up the driveway to the hotel, we saw a giant toad, probably as big as a pro football and a beetle the size of a baseball!! Pretty much take any bug you would see in the woods in America and make it 5X the size and you got jungle bugs. We all brushed our teeth and went to bed (spraying on bug spray of course- we don't play).