Physically getting out of bed today was so difficult, but mentally and
emotionally I was so ready to finish what we started yesterday! Day
three was intense for me, I have a whole new definition of exhausted
now. Myself and a few others shoveled what it felt like mountains of
dirt and rocks. Our task was to dig a bioswell that was at least a meter
deep. Leaving the worksite yesterday I thought that we didn't even dig
that deep, it felt as if we kept shoveling dirt and rocks and got no
where. But going back this morning you can clearly see that we dug a
HUGE amount, which made me eger to start because you could see how close
we are to finishing the bioswell.
Besides being incredibly sore in the morning, it was a great
morning. My home-stay family is so amazing, they really do make you feel
like you're at home. I truely thought that home-stay part of this trip
was going to be the most difficult when it turned out to be easiest
part. They're so passionate about their town and extremely close withone
another and also the rest of Providencia; its inspiring. The morning is
probably one of my favorite parts because Adrianna my home stay mom
makes us the best breakfasts. AND the coffee is literally the best
coffee I have ever had in my entire life. Mornings here in Providencia
are great.
Once we've all eaten breakfast and are set
to go we walk to Biofabrica, where we discuss that days plans. In this
case, seven of us go to the trout farm and three of us stay at the
biofabrica. For the trout farm we discuss more as we're working, which I
actually like because I am visibly able to see what were talking about.
So today we finished digging the swell because we weren't quiet done
yet, we still needed to form and flatten out the swell. Which we did
before lunch, it was difficult but we did it. Standing above the swell
was such a great feeling once it was fully dug out and had it
foundation, we all felt so accomplished. But we weren't done... we
needed to add the boulders at the bottom of the swell before we fill it
up with gravel.
We had our lunch before resuming to
anymore work. Lunch was delicious like always thanks to Adrianna. Once
we finished our Lunch we drove back to the trout farm. The drive is one
of my favorite things on this experience. I have always wanted to ride
in the back of a truck because my parents grew up riding in the backs of
trucks in Mexico, I just wanted to experience it too. I'll definitely
remember today's ride though, almost getting my ribs broken by Brandon
and Sergio, it was great. Jonathon hit the breaks fairly hard and
Brandon flew to the front and then flew Sergio but luckily I was there
to support the weight of two full grown men with my 120 lbs body.
We
got the trout farm and resumed our work. We finished placing the
boulders in the swell by the end of our work day, so we're all super
anxious to start the next part. The swell looks great as of right now, I
haven't felt this proud of myself in awhile. It was just a great
feeling today walking away from the job site knowing that were making so
much great process and we're really doing something that going to
affect more than our grades but something so much bigger. I can't
explain how grateful and blessed I am to be on this experience with such
a diverse group of individuals and two outstanding leaders. Super eager
to see whats going to happen tomorrow.
Pura Vida!
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