1) Man I am out of shape
2) It was a blast!
We had tons of people come out to help, which was such a great thing to see. Sunday it was mostly kids but they did a great job! I pulled the whole Tom Sawyer scam and got them to paint the fence!! They were fighting over the brushes! We scraped the walls to get off the old paint and started the actual main school painting.
Today was great, we started early and maxed the capacity of the back of a pickup with kids and went to plant some trees. The pickup left and I was left with around 12 kids ranging from ages 6 to 14. We managed to plant around 20 coconut trees and then literally marched back to the school. We were trading marching songs as we all marched in line. I forgot where and who I was with and started the "Full Metal Jacket" song going, "I don't know what I was told...." I had to come up with some creative lyrics quick! I think I went with, "....Planting trees is mighty bold" They taught me some Jamaican marching songs as well, but don't ask me to repeat them...
We got back to the school and I was invited to a quick breakfast at this wonderful doctor that helps organize community events. His nephew (also a doctor) and his friend were visiting from Burma with a quest to take a test and go work in America. Another peace corps volunteer then joined us and we took off for the school. By this time more community members arrived and the big job was underway.
We worked until around 4:00 and were basically done! A nice face lift to an aging school. I ended the day tired and smelly as hell, but satisfied of a job well done.
Good stuff
