The wood roof is finally being assembled on Block 1 and 3 and in a symbolic way seems to be hinting to us that this project is almost over.  The craftsmanship Hugo and his son have put into the roof is something to be admired.  They are truly talented artists and we are eternally grateful that they have taken time to share the tricks of their trade with us.   

Volunteers are hard at work sanding, priming, re-sanding and painting the walls.  We also had a good time painting (two coats) the 75 roof panels that will eventually make up the ceiling of Blocks 1 and 3.  After many rows concerning the much debated ‘seafoam’ accent wall in one of the classrooms we finally reached a compromise that each of the three classrooms would be identifiable by different functions as well as their individual colour schemes.

Though we are down two soldiers due to various ailments, the  rest of the volunteers pitched in to complete the floors early Saturday morning, mixing concrete well into the afternoon.  We did however pick up another voluteer as Kike kindly offered to lend us a hand.  He is our third official Peruvian volunteer and we were lucky to have him help us mix some concrete early Wednesday morning before he had to jet off to work as a ‘kombi’ driver.  

We also had a birthday this week that was celebrated in true Peruvian fashion!  Margo received an egg over her head which traditionally is followed by flour, sugar, and other cake-like ingredients.  In order to prevent an even more embarassing bus ride home, we just stuck with the one egg.  

It is once again becoming apparent how many ‘last minute’ things must be sought out when a project nears completion.  From towel racks to doorbells, there seems to be an endless list of odds and ends that seems to be amounting in front of us.  The next couple of weeks are going to have to be 7-day weeks but if we all pull together we are pretty confident that we can get this done.