Day 3!

Day 3 started with some delicious French toast topped with the brothers secret Indian coconut topping. Never had we ever seen Kirky (Mr Thomson) run faster when there was only one piece of French toast remaining. When stomachs where full, the boys laced up for our first full day of hard work.

We split in to our three groups and were soon flabbergasted when we saw the abnormally large piles of boulders which we were going to move. Despite this, with teamwork, determination and it being BEN WILSON’S DAY we were able to dig deep, and successfully transport these rocks to create the foundations for the houses. We were stunned by the sheer strength and the ease at which the local men and women were able to move the rocks and cement the foundations. After 3 hours of gruelling and intense work we headed back to RTU for a well-earned lunch.

After lunch we made our way to the streets to see what the local shops had to offer. The group put on a performance for laughing elderly ladies as we ran from the streets dogs with the fear of getting rabies crossing our mind.

We soon headed back to the work site for another hour and a half of moving rocks and finalising the foundations. As the work day concluded we moved the last rocks and headed back to RTU where we freshened up and prepared for the after-school rush of energetic and enthusiastic kids. There was nothing better then seeing the ear to ear smiles of the children as we played football, soccer and chasey.

We moved on to the local high school where we observed the students studying. We then had the opportunity to immerse ourselves amongst them and converse about sports, school and hobbies with a couple of thumb wars and selfies along the way. The group then headed back for dinner.

Was dinner good?? Yeah seriously it was good. After dinner the boys went for our daily reflection session where we discussed why we had volunteered to participate in this outreach program. The night ended with some wise words from Dad (Mr Rafferty) about the digestive system.

Jono, Kai and Marcus

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