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Penny & Megan started the craft lesson with the kids today. At first I think they wondered what they were going to do with a funny looking clothes peg but in the end they had a neat little figure.

The boys got more interested when they saw Penny change the skirt into pants. Now they were going full steam!

Some of the older ones knew their ABC's in English so Penny & Megan made a game of it so they had to recite it for them.

The planting of the plantains continued today after 200 more shoots were delivered. They got them all transplanted in only two hours. Only about 300 to go. In the picture to left you can see 5 gallon jugs of water beside each hole that has been prepared. That was a lot of water to carry over quite a distance but everyone persevered and the task was accomplished.

 

We continued with the trusses and have now completed all that's required for the entire 200 foot building. Pictured to the right is Gail McGregor & Muriel Arsenault putting the final coat of paint on the trusses to prevent rust.

Tomorrow the crane comes back and the remaining trusses will be placed to cover the first 100 feet of the warehouse. It should go fairly smoothly as we've had the experience from Monday to learn from.

The guys have been putting down the flooring on the installed trusses which should also make for easier installation of the rest.

The bike shop is up and running and doing a brisk business. After work today almost the entire crew of Nicaraguans came over from the warehouse and negotiated a price for all of them to each buy a bicycle. This is going to be a real success story and I can't wait to see how it is doing a year from now when I trust we'll all be back to continue working.