Guatemala 3/16/11

This morning we were informed that we would be working on the Sewage Tank project. No one really though much of it. When we arrived, we walked over to a huge hole in the ground filled with rocks and miniature boulders with a sketchy looking pulley above it. The pulley's structure was made of wood with a small rope attached to whatever makes the rest of the pulley. We spoke to the people working there and they showed us a quick example of what we had to do. First they had to pick up a rock which weighed a ton, then you had to have one person hold it while another raps a rope around in and attaches it to a metal hook. People at the top of the hole then pulled it up while trying as hard as they could to keep it from spinning and flying around. It was pretty sketchy work but after a few tries we were able to get a method down and almost completely empty the hole by the time we had to leave for lunch.

After we had lunch, which was the normal home-made tortilla and some sort of soup, we went to the farm to help out a guy named Moi. We did the normal weeding and talking to the people which was a good way to spend the rest of the day.