tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post650734063760563820..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Starting the BuildAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-53405167423018175802010-12-16T20:09:58.252+00:002010-12-16T20:09:58.252+00:00re: "It would not be an impossible task to de...re: "It would not be an impossible task to devise a way that we could all share a meal."<br /><br /> ... we did this often on a short mission trip in Mexico. It was facilitated by the fact that the local churches were our guides/hosts so they had some wherewithal (manpower etc) to organize it. We ate the local cuisine and no one got sick that I'm aware of. It was a significant opportunity to get to know the local people who were also working to "help themselves," building schools, orphanage/child rescue homes, etc..grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-49965766802691731592010-12-16T06:35:22.478+00:002010-12-16T06:35:22.478+00:00Blessings to you and your colleagues for not only ...Blessings to you and your colleagues for not only doing this work, but for bringing it to our attention.AE613https://www.blogger.com/profile/03309493321776924254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-28170911549805251182010-12-16T04:38:26.250+00:002010-12-16T04:38:26.250+00:00Thanks for the very detailed posts, this is amazin...Thanks for the very detailed posts, this is amazing!<br /><br />I've participated for many years on similar building projects with Habitat for Humanity, in El Salvador. To avoid the issue with lunch that you mention, we usually would go to a central location - either a community hall or church if the town had one, or park/town square, or one year, just the backyard of one of the town's wealthier residents. The meals would be prepared there by locals who had been trained by Habitat on Western hygiene, and provided bottled water for cleaning vegetables or cooking. Also, each of our houses had 3-4 professional masons who worked with us (they were concrete block houses), and they would join us for lunch at the central location. For many of these guys I suspect it was a much more substantial meal that they would normally have - even for dinner - as it normally included meat. Our days were short also as you mention - 9:30am to 3:30 sometimes - but the masons would be working from dawn to dusk. They got paid by the house - the more houses they could finish in a season, the more they got paid!<br /><br />Obviously the families and other town residents would be aware of the quality and quantity of food we were being served, since they were small towns and I'm sure it wasn't a secret, but at least we didn't have to eat directly in front of the families on the work site.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156137358933497969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-31352063201079933122010-12-16T04:31:58.814+00:002010-12-16T04:31:58.814+00:00I'll 2nd amulbunny's thoughts! The effort...I'll 2nd amulbunny's thoughts! The effort you have put in - both in the trip and construction, and now in these lengthy, detailed blog posts - is appreciated.<br /><br />I actually lol'd at part of your last comment - "my usual end-of-year topics" - as knew exactly what you meant! Kind of funny, that.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your green haired, blue skinned, sports bra lacking, balloon legged, smoke breathing, pop and chip toting, slight banked, skidding turn flying adventures...<br /><br />Verification word: enalin - what 'trix is doing no that she's isn't actually nailin'.GPS_Directhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900545332230106711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-76079233732175433752010-12-16T04:24:31.791+00:002010-12-16T04:24:31.791+00:00Bend your elbow instead of your wrist when driving...Bend your elbow instead of your wrist when driving nails.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-5165625496440628602010-12-16T03:39:57.013+00:002010-12-16T03:39:57.013+00:00Thank you so much for sharing your trip through pi...Thank you so much for sharing your trip through pictures and words. We have so much to be thankful for, yet these people are happy in their lives too, with 1/10th of what we have. <br /><br />I looked at Tabitha's website and saw the pictures of the homes that were built. Such a great gift of shelter.<br /><br />Thank you again.amulbunny's random thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621932038345682056noreply@blogger.com