THURSDAY JUNE 8, 2006
Today, thankfully, was a 1/2 day of work because we're going sightseeing this afternoon.
The morning was spent filling up the foundations of the house where the walls were built yesterday. It's nice to see some real progress being made and knowing that we are making a real contribution.
We were even tossing the pans of dirt to be used to fill the floors like we saw the Indian boys do yesterday to get the pans of mortar from the ground to the roof of one of the buildings. Some of us were better at tossing the pans than others, and Patrick, was the Randy Moss of catching pans, manaing to even catch pans full of dirt while he had an empty pan in his hands.
This afternoon we went to the sites of Kanyakumari, including the Gandhi memorial which is very interesting. It is where Gandhi's ashes were spread after they went on their "world tour" to countries of significance in Gandhi's life - such as England, South Africa, and a few others. The memorial is designed with references to Hindo, Muslim and Christian religions to embody Gandhi's vision of peace amongst the different religions in India.
Today, thankfully, was a 1/2 day of work because we're going sightseeing this afternoon.
The morning was spent filling up the foundations of the house where the walls were built yesterday. It's nice to see some real progress being made and knowing that we are making a real contribution.
We were even tossing the pans of dirt to be used to fill the floors like we saw the Indian boys do yesterday to get the pans of mortar from the ground to the roof of one of the buildings. Some of us were better at tossing the pans than others, and Patrick, was the Randy Moss of catching pans, manaing to even catch pans full of dirt while he had an empty pan in his hands.
This afternoon we went to the sites of Kanyakumari, including the Gandhi memorial which is very interesting. It is where Gandhi's ashes were spread after they went on their "world tour" to countries of significance in Gandhi's life - such as England, South Africa, and a few others. The memorial is designed with references to Hindo, Muslim and Christian religions to embody Gandhi's vision of peace amongst the different religions in India.
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