Day 1 back to work

Day 1 here in Bolivia is complete and I'm about to go get coffee and likely find out how sore the group feels after such a day. We were thrilled to see the interior ceilings and walls almost completed with stucco and the door and window frames in when we arrived yesterday. We worked all day on sanding the windows and cleaning extra stucco off the floors and purchasing materials to paint. Ralph and Lisa got all the ceilings painted once (Felix was stunned that we didn't water the paint down and that we didn't plan to hire a painting expert - we have one already!). David (one of the neighbor kids) and Ronal spent the afternoon with us, playing and helping. The stucco workers spent the day as well. We now have a plan and supplies to paint the whole house and stain all the window frames (hope to complete this in the next 2 days). We'll venture out to buy ceramic tile for the floors. We got the scoop on getting access to water and electricity and now have to make a plan for the sewer. We also worked with the President of the community to call a general meeting for the community to deliver some simple supplies we brought as donations from the States, including tennis shoes for kids, shampoos for women and crayons for all. Should be another exciting day - I'll try to get a photo of Ronal up tonight along with some work pictures.