Day 5 and Day 6 - Men's Monterrey Mexico Mission

The last two days have been very busy so no blog post yesterday.

Our usual routine is to get up about 5:30am, eat breakfast outside Rem's room on the second floor balcony and be on the road by 6:45 am. It takes about an hour to get to Renacimiento, so we usually get to the job site about 8am and have our morning devotion. The weather this week has been fantastic for our work. Tuesday was overcast with a cool breeze most of the day and Wednesday started out with a light drizzle and slowly cleared as the day went on. Most years it is much hotter than this year and obviously the weather makes a huge difference in our productivity and our good humor.

On Tuesday, we poured the slabs one at a time. The concrete trucks came at about 45 minute intervals which gave us time to work without feeling rushed. Pulling concrete with a come-along is tiring work,so we took turns working in the concrete. Here are some pictures of the pour process.



















On Wednesday we laid the first row of blocks with openings for the doors where the homeowners indicated. Getting the first row of blocks 'square' takes some skill, but we have some very experienced guys, so once we got going it went well. Still it takes a while to do seven slabs so we didn't finish till about 4 pm.





Tomorrow we will be at Casa Samuel to work on their food distribution hut. We will post some pictures of the completed slabs and families tomorrow night.

We are all well and happy that the work went so well. The old timers are unanimous in their opinion that these are the best slabs we have ever poured. Tonight we ate at a resturant owned by Marcos' and Jorge's nephew. Very good Italian food and a lot of laughs made for a very pleasant and enjoyable meal.

Buenas Noches from Monterrey