Up for Pumamarca early. Some wanted a sleep in and Jackie decided to take the day off, but not the troopers.
I was alloted to Bread overn building. That meant I first had to help Stefan and Ben shovel dirt into a pile then we seived it for stones to use inside the brickwork.
I then filled buckets with the stones and handed them up to Stefan on the scaffold. After that I spent the rest of the morning straightening reinforced steel, to be used in the concreting, by hammering it straight using a stone for an anvil.
Before we left there was a school assembly to say goodby to the one month volunteers who are leaving tomorrow. It was very emotional, they received flowers and cards made by the children and lots of speeches by the teachers. They expressed their gratitude and wonder that so many people come from so far away to give up their time to help them.
Tonight they are going out for dinner and to hit the nightlife, but we are too tired.
Tomorrow I have to get up at 1 am to take a group of people from the village to a clinic 4 hours away. Three volunteers are going to help and we have been told to take an overnight bag in case we have to stay the night.
There has been no water in the house since we got home after our trek yesterday. I am in great need of a shower before we leave tomorrow.
The water problem was not helped by the fact that Ray tripped over a whole left open in the floor and broke a pipe, which then threatened to flood the downstairs foyer. Quick help with buckets and mops while they worked out how to turn the water off saved the day.
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