Day 2

My day started at 5:30 this morning...with someone yelling "Quake!" because of an aftershock, which I did not feel. Probably because of the massive sleeping pill I took in an attempt to overcome my jet lag. When someone yelled, I sprung out of bed to get to a safe roofless area, and I failed to remember that I had a mosquito net tucked under my mattress, so I tumbled...along with my mosquito net and bed...I must have looked like a mosquito that was wrapped up by a spider!

The other volunteers seem like useful people...carpenters, contractors, engineers, firefighters, military personnel...they are very helpful and genuine people and I'm glad I have the chance to get to know them. The first lady I met was Chris. She must be in her 50's. She just came from opening a hospital for women and children in Nigeria. My role model...She was quite shocked that I didn't take malaria medication, and she gave me a large bottle of deet. Thanks Chris!

So I started work today...a lot of people were doing rubble clean up consisting of using sledge hammers to break it into liftable pieces, then haul it out in wheel barrels. I was late to sign up, and so I got to stay at the base and do infrastructure work: carpentry. I put together bunk beds for volunteers that will be arriving. I did chiseling, nailing, drilling. What a day. It was realllyyy great to get that bucket shower under the stars this evening..