Today was work day number three in Plantjies. The weather was dreary, but the children’s’ spirits were high. Today’s goal was to finish the roof before the rain came, but thankfully the heavy rain never came and the roof was finished. We had crews working on the roof, inside one of the storage containers, spreading topsoil and playing with all of the kids. The insulation was finished and the beginnings of drywall were happening inside the storage container. All of the children of Plantjies are so eager to help, and they worked with us until all of topsoil was moved around so there are not as many holes and no piles of dirt left. We wanted to play games with the kids to keep them busy and entertained. One of the adults came over and helped organize all of the kids so they could sing and dance to songs all of them knew from school. We had a dedication ceremony as the last beam of the roof was hoisted up.
After lunch, some of us chose to continue working on the building and others chose to organize activities for the kids. One of the activities was face painting. The kids LOVED it. They all wanted their entire faces painted and were so excited about it. We did mostly hearts, stars, crosses, flowers and butterflies.
After our work day, we headed back to our accommodation and got washed up and dressed for our night. We began the evening with a wine tasting at the Ridgeback winery. It was beautiful. After the tasting, we went to a small restaurant in town. There were three courses but we were only able to enjoy two of them.
All in all we had a very long, eventful day and we’re excited to see what’s in store for us in the next week.
Shannon Knight and Stephanie Collins
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