Today we went to work in a small community called Mexico. I´m guessing it would take half and hour to get there if there was a good road with better bridges but it takes 2 hours because of the horrible road conditions. We built a stove for a daycare there and helped rip apart the walls of a room attached to the center so it can be rebuilt.
We left at 1:30 to head back to San Carlos. After 30 minutes of driving our tire popped and we all piled out of the van while they changed it. Everyone here sits outside their house and of course this happened in the middle of a town so the group of us standing outside our bright yellow van drew a lot of attention. We drove about 10 more minutes before we got completely stuck! It rained off and on all day, which made the roads even worse. We all had to pile out again and several of us ended up helping push the van out of the mud and puddles. But once we got out we were fine-we just had to stop for a second because the engine was overheating. So...our journey back to San Carlos took a little longer than expected but was definitely filled with excitement.
It is raining again as I type this, but we are planning to head back there again in the morning so I sure hope the roads aren´t any worse. Tomorrow we are going back to help finish the roof and the stove at the daycare.
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