Today we got up early to work at 8am again. The foundation had been finished while we were on our trek. Everyone was a little sore and tired but managed to make a lot of progress. The main project was laying adobe bricks around the circle to form the building. A layer was put down and it was filled with mudd. This was repeated until about 1:30pm when about 8 layers were done. While that happened some people peeled and sanded trees to be made into the roof. At 1:30pm we went to our homestays for lunch and at 2:30 the optional afternoon activities started. The girls bonded over basket weavingand the boys did pottery and had free time or worked at the school to finish the walls of our building. After activities we had our afternoon meeting where we taking about the Kiersey Temperament Leadership test we took online. We talked about what made a good leader and that lead us to the real activity. We broke into smaller groups and had 20 minutes, 25 straws, 3 feet of masking tape. Our objective was to save an egg from a 4 foot fall. Each group had a plan but only two eggs survived - the circle of protection by Emily, CJ and Joey and the triangular designed by Dan, Kelsey, Karen and Missy! This gave us a chance to practice being leadersand thinking about how best to work together.
-Kelsey
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Wow! Three new posts from Chad, Noah and Kelsey. Thanks everyone. I love reading them and getting a sense of how your trip is going. Sounds like the trek was very physical but very much worth the effort. Did you even think that you would be eating pizza in Peru?
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