98 degrees and on to day 3

Today was the hottest day so far on site.  It got up to 98 degrees with 30% humidity.  This was our longest day on site, starting at 7:45am and working until 3pm.  We were asked to continue digging the cess pool, start digging the leech field, continuing to fill in the foundation and to start making metal reinforcements for the walls.

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We worked hard throughout the day despite the high heat.  The foundation was taking shape quickly.

We also had to manufacture metal supports from the rebar that was cut yesterday.  These were made from a template that the masons made from materials from the work site.

The metal supports were then tied with wire to larger rebar to create a structure that will be used in strengthening the house.

For break we had empanadas that were filled with boiled eggs and seasoned beef.  They were muy delicisioso.

For lunch we had chicken fried chicken steak, which was super good.  We also had Budin de pan for dessert once again.

After lunch we worked very hard to complete the foundation and continue to dig in the cess pool and leech field.  The cess pool is currently 3ft deep and the leech field is almost 2 ft deep.

For dinner, we went to the Arpa Roga, which translates to the Harp House in English.  We went there 4 years ago, so it was nice to go once again.  They played traditional Paraguayan harp music for us as we ate a wonderful dinner of Paraguyan barbecue.

 The Harp House is a harp school during the day, and they sometimes host private events in the evenings.  They also showed us their harps and let us play them.  They also had their daughter come out and dance for us, along with one of the harp teachers.

It was a great night and a great experience.  Tomorrow we are going to visit another of Habitat Paraguay's projects in an area known as Chacarita Alta and also check in with Julio and Rosanna"s family who we built for 4 years ago.