Thursday started off much brighter and a bit warmer. All the work teams were pouring concrete or getting ready for roofing. This was our last day working with our families. Tomorrow the whole build group will work together to do a roof at a different site then we have been working at. Habitat uses a poured concrete roof that requires lots of labor and thus the complete 20 workers we have this week.
We worked till 2:30PM then we visited the local Santiago de Anaya Museum. The museum director took us on a very informative tour in which we learned about the region's archeology and history. The local cactus supported indigenous Indians for centuries before the Spanish arrived. After the museum tour we boarded our bus for the caves of Xoxafi (shoshafi). Several brave people in our group put on hardhats and went deep into the caves. The rest enjoyed the beautiful surroundings and liquid refreshments after a much shorter cave tour.
On our way to work today we stopped at a hardware store to purchase some items to help in the build. A long handled shovel, wood saw, extension cord and a toilet seat made for interesting purchases. Here we are with the families we are building the houses for:
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